COMPUTER ECOSYSTEM PROVIDING PRIVACY AND TRACKING IN SHARING USER-GENERATED CONTENT BY ENCRYPTING THE UGC AT THE IMAGING SOURCE

摘要

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for securely sharing user-generated content using DRM principles, and for tracking statistics of content viewing. In this way, a user can generate protected content that can still be shared among friends on, e.g., a social network.

主权项

1. An imaging device comprising:
at least one imager of a camera, the imager configured for producing image signals, the imager being disposed on a processing chip; at least one computer memory comprising instructions executable by a processor; and at least one processor on the processing chip and configured for accessing the computer memory to execute the instructions for: communicating with a processor of a consumer electronics (CE) device of a user associated with content generated by the imager, the CE device having sent, to a remote digital rights management (DRM) service a network identification of the camera; receiving from the remote DRM service encryption information that is not also sent to the processor of the CE device; accessing a digital rights management (DRM) engine on the chip; encrypting at least some of the image signals according to the DRM engine to render encrypted user-generated content (UGC) prior to transmitting the at least some of the image signals off of the chip; and providing the encrypted UGC to the DRM service according to commands from the CE device, the service may send the application/stub and keys directly to the camera processor 72 through the network interface 76 for greater security.