Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a Remote Control App for Smart Phones are disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention is a software application or “App” which may be downloaded to a conventional smart phone (12). Once downloaded to the smart phone (12) and to a remote computer, network or other information appliance (14), the smart phone (12) may be used to operate and/or control the remote computer, network or other information appliance.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the secure and copy-proof distribution of digital content are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment of the invention cryptographic primitives (encryption algorithms, message-authentication codes, hash functions, random-number generators, etc.) are used in a novel security protocol. The invention may be utilized to protect a first-run movie that has been digitized in accordance with one of the current or forthcoming MPEG standards (e.g., MPEG-7). Content receivers or users first register their boxes. This registration information is stored in a secure database. When a subscriber registers, he then receives a box (interface to his player) that has been initialized to contain a number of tamper-proof secrets that are shared between the station and that particular box. The station stores an encrypted version of the digital content. This encrypted version ultimately arrives at some unprotected storage medium local to the player.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for the secure and copy-proof distribution of digital content are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment of the invention cryptographic primitives (encryption algorithms, message- authentication codes, hash functions, random-number generators, etc.) are used in a novel security protocol. The invention may be utilized to protect a first-run movie that has been digitized in accordance with one of the current or forthcoming MPEG standards (e.g., MPEG-7). Content receivers or users first register their boxes. This registration information is stored in a secure database. When a subscriber registers, he then receives a box (interface to his player) that has been initialized to contain a number of tamper-proof secrets that are shared between the station and that particular box. The station stores an encrypted version of the digital content. This encrypted version ultimately arrives at some unprotected storage medium local to the player.