Receiving device, recording and reproducing device and receiving/recording-reproducing system for digital broadcast signal

Claim 2

A receiving device, comprising: a signal demodulator circuit for demodulating an encrypted video signal and attribute information including an encryption key and a channel key indicative of each broadcast channel; a channel key detection circuit for detecting a channel key from the attribute information; an encryption key detection circuit for detecting an encryption key from the attribute information; a device ID generating circuit for generating a unique device ID signal; a channel key selection circuit for selecting a channel key for a receivable channel according to the device ID signal and the channel key from the channel key detection antenna and outputting the selected channel key; a decryption circuit for outputting a decryption key from the channel key outputted from said channel key selection circuit and the encryption key; and a descramble circuit for unscrambling the video signal obtained from said signal demodulator circuit by using the decryption key, and wherein the output of said descramble circuit is outputted for recording.

Claim 3

A receiving device, comprising: a signal demodulator circuit for demodulating an encrypted video signal and attribute information including information for decoding an encryption; an attribute information identifying circuit for identifying and outputting the attribute information; and a descramble circuit for descrambling the video signal obtained from said signal demodulator circuit according to the output obtained from said attribute information identifying circuit, and wherein the output of said descramble circuit is outputted for recording; and wherein the receiving device further includes an electronic watermark, which is embedded in the video signal, processing circuit, and wherein a CGMS signal, which is superimposed in a vertical blocking area, obtained from said electronic watermark processing circuit is outputted to a recording device to control copying of said recording device.

Claim 4

A receiving device, comprising: a signal demodulator circuit for demodulating an encrypted video signal and attribute information including information for decoding an encryption; an attribute information identifying circuit for identifying and outputting the attribute information; and a descramble circuit for descrambling the video signal obtained from said signal demodulator circuit according to the output obtained from said attribute information identifying circuit, and wherein the output of said descramble circuit is outputted for recording; and wherein the receiving device further includes an electronic watermark, which is embedded in the video signal, processing circuit, and wherein a CGMS signal, which is superimposed in a vertical blocking area, obtained from said electronic watermark processing circuit is outputted to a recording device to control copying of said recording device.

Claim 5

A receiving device, comprising: a signal demodulator circuit for demodulating an encrypted video signal and attribute information including each encryption key and each channel key indicative of a broadcast channel; a channel key detection circuit for detecting a channel key from the attribute information; an encryption key detection circuit for detecting an encryption key from the attribute information; a device ID generating circuit for generating a unique device ID signal; a channel key selection circuit for selecting a channel key for a receivable channel according to the device ID signal and the channel key from the channel key detection circuit and outputting the same therefrom; a decryption circuit for outputting a decryption key from the channel key outputted from said channel key selection circuit and the encryption key; a descramble circuit for unlocking the scramble of the video signal obtained from said signal demodulator circuit, based on the decryption key; and a re-scramble circuit for re-scrambling the descrambled video signal using the encryption key, and wherein the output of said re-scramble circuit is outputted for recording.

Claim 6

A receiving device, comprising: a signal demodulator circuit for demodulating an encrypted video signal and attribute information including each encryption key and each channel key indicative of a broadcast channel; a channel key detection circuit for detecting a channel key from the attribute information; an encryption key detection circuit for detecting an encryption key from the attribute information; a device ID generating circuit for generating a unique device ID signal; a channel key selection circuit for selecting a channel key for a receivable channel according to the device ID signal and the channel key from the channel key detection circuit and outputting the same therefrom; a decryption circuit for outputting a decryption key from the channel key outputted from said channel key selection circuit and the encryption key; a descramble circuit for unlocking the scramble of the video signal obtained from said signal demodulator circuit, based on the decryption key; and a re-scramble circuit for re-scrambling the descrambled video signal using the encryption key, and wherein the output of said re-scramble circuit is outputted for recording.

Claim 7

The receiving device according to claim 3 , further including a format conversion circuit for converting the descrambled video signal into a format which matches with a recording medium to record the video signal thereon; wherein said re-scramble circuit re-scrambles the output of said format conversion circuit.

Claim 8

A receiving device, comprising: a signal demodulator circuit for demodulating an encrypted video signal and attribute information including each encryption key and each channel key indicative of a broadcast channel; a channel key detection circuit for detecting a channel key from the attribute information; an encryption key detection circuit for detecting an encryption key from the attribute information; a device ID generating circuit for generating a unique device ID signal; a channel key selection circuit for selecting a channel key for a receivable channel channel according to the device ID signal and the channel key from the channel key detection circuit and outputting the same therefrom; a decryption circuit for outputting a decryption key from the channel key outputted from said channel key selection circuit and the encryption key; a descramble circuit for unscrambling the video signal obtained from said signal demodulator circuit, based on the decryption key; and a re-scramble circuit for re-scrambling the descrambled video signal, wherein the output of said re-scramble circuit is outputted for recording.

Claim 9

A receiving device, comprising: a signal demodulator circuit for demodulating an encrypted video signal and attribute information including each encryption key and each channel key indicative of a broadcast channel; a channel key detection circuit for detecting a channel key from the attribute information; an encryption key detection circuit for detecting an encryption key from the attribute information; a device ID generating circuit for generating a unique device ID signal; a channel key selection circuit for selecting a channel key for a receivable channel channel according to the device ID signal and the channel key from the channel key detection circuit and outputting the same therefrom; a decryption circuit for outputting a decryption key from the channel key outputted from said channel key selection circuit and the encryption key; a descramble circuit for unscrambling the video signal obtained from said signal demodulator circuit, based on the decryption key; and a re-scramble circuit for re-scrambling the descrambled video signal, wherein the output of said re-scramble circuit is outputted for recording.