DIGITAL AV DATA TRANSMITTING UNIT, DIGITAL AV DATA RECEIVING UNIT, DIGITAL AV DATA TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING UNIT, AND MEDIUM

摘要

A digital AV data transmitting unit comprises a data importance judging section for judging the importance of digital AV data, a transmitting-side multiple authentication rule storage section stored with multiple kinds of authentication rules, a transmitting-side authentication selecting section for selecting one kind of rules from the transmitting-side multiple authentication rule storage section, and a transmitting-side authenticating section for carrying out authentication based on the selected authentication rules. A digital AV data receiving unit comprises an authentication requesting section for making an authentication request, a receiving-side multiple authentication rule storage section stored with the same authentication rules as those stored in the transmitting-side multiple authentication rule storage section, a receiving-side authentication selecting section for selecting the predetermined authentication rules selected by the transmitting-side authentication selecting section from the receiving-side multiple authentication rule storage section, and a receiving-side authenticating section for carrying out authentication based on the authentication rules selected on the receiving side.