METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING A BROADCAST CONTENTS

摘要

An apparatus for receiving broadcast content is provided. The apparatus includes a receiving unit generating the broadcast content from a broadcast stream received from a content provider via a broadcast channel; a content encrypting unit encrypting the broadcast content using a content key; and a link generating unit generating a secure link to a user device by exchanging link messages with the user device, and transmitting the content key to the user device via one of the link messages even when the apparatus is not connected to a content provider. A first link message of the link messages includes one of a public key of the user device and a public key of the apparatus, and a second link message of the link messages includes one of a private key of the apparatus, a secret key of the apparatus, and a secret key of the user device.