METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE DISTRIBUTION OF PROGRAM CONTENT
摘要
<p>Methods and apparatus in accordance with the present invention are operable to carry out certain functions including: receiving an encrypted program at a processing apparatus; transmitting at least some identification information related to the processing apparatus over a network to an administrator; receiving an encrypted decryption key at the processing apparatus over the network from the administrator in response to the at least some identification information; decrypting the encrypted decryption key; decrypting the encrypted program using the decryption key; re-encryping the program using at least some of the identification information; and storing the identification information and the re-encrypted program in a first storage device.</p>
