US20080192934A1 - Conditional access system - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to the field of broadcast and reception, particularly but not exclusively to a conditional access system in a digital satellite television system. More particularly, aspects of the present invention relate to the transfer of entitlement control messages in a channel separate from the broadcast channel.
- Conditional access systems are well known and widely used in conjunction with currently available pay television systems. At present, such systems are based on the transmission of programmes scrambled with control words which are received by subscribers having a set-top box and a smart card for each subscription package.
- the smart card for a subscription package from a particular service provider allows the scrambled programmes within the package to be descrambled and viewed.
- the broadcast stream further contains entitlement management messages and entitlement control messages, which are necessary for the smart card to descramble the broadcast.
- the terms scrambled and encrypted are used interchangeably in this application.
- WO 98/43426 discloses a digital satellite television system in which the entitlement management messages are transmissible to the set-top box via a modem based back channel, rather than via the broadcast channel.
- SAS subscriber authorisation system
- a conditional access system comprising a first transmitter for transmitting a scrambled broadcast stream and a second transmitter for transmitting a plurality of control messages separate from the broadcast stream, said control messages including information for descrambling the broadcast stream.
- the control messages may be sufficient on their own to allow the broadcast stream to be descrambled.
- the need for a smart card can be obviated, since the information for descrambling the broadcast stream can be incorporated in said control messages without being encrypted. While the control messages can then be encrypted for transmission over a secure link, for example over a virtual private network using a protocol such as the https secure sockets protocol, the unencrypted control words are recovered at the receiver side of the secure link, so that the decoder does not require a smart card for decryption.
- the decoder since the decoder is thereby provided with ready to use decryption keys, the decoder can be made to be independent of any specialised conditional access system.
- Additional security can be provided by encrypting the information for descrambling the broadcast stream into the control messages, which gives rise to the need for a smart card, such as a virtual or software smart card, at the decoder.
- conditional access system comprising a first receiver for receiving a scrambled broadcast stream and a second receiver for receiving a plurality of control messages separate from the broadcast stream, the control messages including information for descrambling the broadcast stream.
- the invention further provides a decoder for use in a conditional access system for decrypting encrypted broadcast content, comprising a first input module for receiving said encrypted broadcast content from a first communications channel and a second input module for receiving a plurality of control messages from a second communications channel, said control messages containing descrambling information for decrypting said broadcast content.
- a method for use in a conditional access system in which a scrambled broadcast stream is transmitted to a decoder, said decoder being operable to receive a plurality of control messages including information for descrambling the broadcast stream, the method comprising sending said control messages to said decoder separately from said broadcast stream.
- the invention yet further provides a method for use in a conditional access system, in which a scrambled broadcast stream is transmitted to a first decoder and a second decoder, said first and second decoders being operable to receive a plurality of control messages including information for descrambling the broadcast stream, the method comprising receiving a request to transmit a plurality of control messages to said second decoder separately from the broadcast stream.
- Roaming can thereby be facilitated.
- use of the service at the subscriber's home location can be prevented whilst roaming.
- the first decoder does not need to have the ability to receive control messages separately and can be a conventional decoder.
- a conditional access system comprising a first communications channel for carrying a broadcast stream, said stream being scrambled with a stream of control words and a second communications channel separate from the first channel for carrying a stream of entitlement control messages, said entitlement control messages incorporating information relating to the stream of control words for descrambling the broadcast stream.
- the entitlement control messages can alone contain all of the information required to descramble the broadcast stream, so that there is no need for other messages, such as entitlement management messages, to be transmitted. Furthermore, in this case, a decoder for descrambling the broadcast stream does not require a smart card.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional conditional access system
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the flow of encrypted information and control information in the system of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a conditional access system according to the invention.
- FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating the operation of the system of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the flow of encrypted information and control information in the system of FIG. 3 .
- content to be broadcast including for example, video, audio and data components
- an encoder 1 using an appropriate coding system, for example MPEG-II for digital broadcasting.
- the encoded broadcast stream is encrypted or scrambled in a scrambler 2 under the control of a control word CW generated by a control word generator 3 in a manner which is well-known per se.
- the control word is encrypted into an Entitlement Control Message (ECM) by an ECM generator 4 together with access criteria which identify the service and the conditions required to access the service.
- ECM Entitlement Control Message
- the access criteria may specify regional limitations on the broadcast.
- ECM Entitlement Management Message
- an EMM message is a message dedicated to an individual user or group of users and carries the information necessary to determine whether those users have the necessary subscriptions in place to be able to view the programmes.
- the scrambled encoded broadcast stream together with the ECM and EMM messages is multiplexed in a multiplexer 6 with other broadcast streams representing other programmes, together making up a subscription package from a particular service provider.
- the package is sent to a transmitter 7 from which it is transmitted, via a communications channel 8 , for example a satellite or cable channel, using an appropriate modulation scheme.
- the scrambled encoded broadcast stream is received at a subscriber's receiver 9 , for example a satellite dish, and passed to the subscriber's set-top box 10 .
- the received data is demultiplexed in a demultiplexer 11 , to extract the required programme and its associated ECM and EMM messages.
- the extracted ECM and EMM messages are sent to a plug-in smart card 12 .
- the smart card 12 uses the ECM and EMM messages to determine whether the subscriber has the right to view the broadcast and if so, to decrypt the control word CW, which is input to a descrambler 13 together with the scrambled broadcast stream to recover the original MPEG-II encoded broadcast stream.
- the encoded stream is passed to an MPEG-II decoder 14 which produces an output signal comprising audio, video and data components for display on the subscriber's television 15 .
- the control word comprises alternating odd and even control words which are alternated at, for example, two second intervals. Each control word is changed at predetermined intervals, for example, every twenty seconds. A continuous stream of ECM messages is therefore required to descramble the scrambled signal. The EMM message can be updated less frequently.
- ECM and EMM messages are defined in the international standard ISO IEC 13818-1, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the flow of signal data and the control word (CW) within the system of FIG. 1 .
- the control word CW is used to encrypt the unencrypted broadcast signal S in the scrambler 2 to generate an encrypted signal E(S). This is passed to the multiplexer 6 together with the encrypted control word E(CW) generated by the encryption module 4 .
- the encrypted signal E(S) and encrypted control word E(CW) from the multiplexer 6 are fed to the demultiplexer 11 .
- the smart card 12 contains the cryptographic key necessary to decrypt the encrypted control word E(CW) to reproduce the original control word CW. This is used in the descrambler 13 to descramble the encrypted signal E(S) to reproduce the original signal S.
- FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the invention which is a modification of the system of FIG. 1 .
- the ECM messages are sent on a separate channel.
- broadcast content is encoded using an MPEG-II encoder 1 (step s 1 ).
- a control word is generated by a control word generator 3 (step s 2 ) and the encoded broadcast stream is encrypted or scrambled in a scrambler 2 under the control of the control word CW (step s 3 ).
- the scrambled programme is multiplexed with a plurality of other programmes (step s 4 ) in a multiplexer 6 and transmitted from a transmitter 7 via communications channel 8 to a receiver 9 , together comprising, for example, a satellite communications link (step s 5 ).
- a demultiplexer 11 extracts the required programme stream from the received signal (step s 6 ), which is then sent to a set-top box 20 , also referred to herein as a decoder (step s 7 ).
- the decoder includes a descrambler 13 for descrambling the scrambled broadcast signal under the control of a control word.
- An ECM server 21 is used to generate an ECM message which incorporates the control word CW without encryption (step s 8 ), together with the access criteria described with reference to FIG. 1 .
- the subscription information which would conventionally be carried by an EMM message is incorporated into the ECM message.
- the ECM message is not multiplexed into the broadcast stream, but is sent to a second transmitter 22 , from where it is transmitted by a second communications channel 23 to a second receiver 24 (step s 9 ).
- the ECM message is passed from the second receiver 24 to a processor 25 within the set-top box 20 (step s 10 ).
- the processor 25 checks that the subscription information in the ECM is valid and extracts the control word CW from the ECM message (step s 11 ).
- the descrambler 13 descrambles the broadcast stream using the control word (step s 13 ).
- the descrambled encoded stream is passed to an MPEG-II decoder 14 which produces an output signal comprising audio, video and data components (step s 14 ) which is sent for display on the subscriber's television 15 (step s 15 ).
- the communications channel 23 in this embodiment comprises a virtual private network (VPN).
- the communications channel 23 comprises a cellular telephone network such as a GSM, UMTS or GPRS network, a conventional PSTN point-to-point telephone connection, a DSL connection, a secure HTTPS socket connection over the Internet, another IP based network, for example using streaming media, or a network based on a different protocol or any other form of communications link over satellite, cable, by terrestrial transmission or otherwise.
- a secure link is used to enhance the security of the transmitted control word.
- the receiver 24 comprises a mobile telephone
- this can be linked to the set-top box by any suitable means, including for example, a cable or infra-red connection.
- FIG. 3 shows the second receiver 24 as separate from the set-top box 20
- the second receiver 24 is located within the set-top box 20 , as shown by the dotted line marked 26 in FIG. 3 .
- the second receiver 24 provides a network connection which permits the set-top box 20 to be plugged into an appropriate network to provide the ECM message stream.
- FIG. 5 illustrates the flow of signal data and the control word (CW) within the system of FIG. 3 .
- the control word CW is used to encrypt the unencrypted broadcast signal S in the scrambler 2 to generate an encrypted signal E(S).
- the encrypted signal E(S) is sent to the descrambler 13 on the receiver side, via the multiplexer 6 and demultiplexer 11 .
- the control word CW is sent unencrypted to the transmitter 22 where it is encrypted for transmission over a virtual private network 23 .
- the control word CW is decrypted at the receiver 24 and sent to the descrambler 13 in unencrypted form, where it is used to descramble the encrypted signal E(S) to reproduce the original signal S.
- a smart card containing decryption keys is therefore not required in the set-top box.
- a conditional access system enables a third party to assemble a package of channels from different service providers and distribute the package in a secure way by encrypting the package with its own control words and transmitting the control words to each subscriber via a point-to-point connection.
- control word being inserted into the ECM message in unencrypted form and the ECM message being encrypted for transmission over the secure channel.
- a further level of encryption is applied by encrypting the control word CW into the ECM message, to increase the security of the conditional access system, in which case a smart card is again required in the set-top box.
- the smart card can be a software smart card or a virtual smart card.
- a second ECM smart card is provided as a travel smart card, so that if the first smart card for the set-top box is not in use, the second ECM smart card is used to allow point-to-point transmission of ECM messages, for example, in a roaming scenario as described below.
- a conditional access system can be provided in which the possibility of roaming exists in an analogous way to roaming in a GSM network.
- a subscriber wishing to view a program using a set-top box arrangement in a different region from his home region requests authorisation from that region's service provider, using a travel smart card as described above.
- the service provider checks that a subscription arrangement exists between the subscriber and his home network and, if so, transmits the control word stream required to decrypt the required program to the subscriber over a point-to-point connection.
- the EMM information can be removed from the home region-based service by a subscriber authorisation system used by the service provider. This temporarily denies access to services at the subscriber's home location.
- the subscriber's home region-based decoder can be a conventional decoder receiving ECMs transmitted with the broadcast stream.
- the decoder used at the roaming location is a decoder according to the invention, equipped to receive an ECM stream point-to-point. Two sets of ECMs are therefore being transmitted, the first multiplexed with the broadcast stream enabling viewing by the conventional decoder and the second ECM stream being transmitted over a separate channel from the broadcast stream to enable a decoder according to the invention to view the programme.
- the personalised ECM messages can be sent to groups of subscribers, the size of the group depending on the level of security required.
- a further way of reducing calculation needs is to send ECM messages for one channel only, rather than for every channel, since only the control words for the channel actually being watched need to be transferred.
- EMM messages are subsumed into the ECM messages.
- EMM messages can continue to be sent, either incorporated in the broadcast stream, or via a separate channel, as explained for example in WO 98/43426, which is incorporated herein by reference.
- EMM messages sent to the first decoder can indicate that subscription rights are not available while the roaming facility is in use. If the information that would conventionally be carried by an EMM message is not needed in a particular scenario, EMM messages need not be sent at all.
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A conditional access system in which entitlement control messages (ECMs) containing the encryption keys used to encrypt a program transmission, are sent to a set-top box over a secure communications channel separate from the channel used for transmission of the encrypted program.
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- This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 09/893,523, entitled “CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM,” filed Jun. 29, 2001, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- The present invention relates generally to the field of broadcast and reception, particularly but not exclusively to a conditional access system in a digital satellite television system. More particularly, aspects of the present invention relate to the transfer of entitlement control messages in a channel separate from the broadcast channel.
- Conditional access systems are well known and widely used in conjunction with currently available pay television systems. At present, such systems are based on the transmission of programmes scrambled with control words which are received by subscribers having a set-top box and a smart card for each subscription package. The smart card for a subscription package from a particular service provider allows the scrambled programmes within the package to be descrambled and viewed. The broadcast stream further contains entitlement management messages and entitlement control messages, which are necessary for the smart card to descramble the broadcast. The terms scrambled and encrypted are used interchangeably in this application. WO 98/43426 discloses a digital satellite television system in which the entitlement management messages are transmissible to the set-top box via a modem based back channel, rather than via the broadcast channel. This is done to speed up viewer authorisation in viewing systems such as pay-per-view, since there is a certain time delay before the subscriber authorisation system (SAS) can include the proper entitlement management messages in the broadcast stream. However, the entitlement control messages which contain the control word in an encrypted format are sent via the broadcast channel. The control word is decrypted at the set-top box by means of a smart card.
- According to the present invention, there is provided a conditional access system comprising a first transmitter for transmitting a scrambled broadcast stream and a second transmitter for transmitting a plurality of control messages separate from the broadcast stream, said control messages including information for descrambling the broadcast stream.
- The control messages may be sufficient on their own to allow the broadcast stream to be descrambled.
- By separating the broadcast and control message channels, the need for a smart card can be obviated, since the information for descrambling the broadcast stream can be incorporated in said control messages without being encrypted. While the control messages can then be encrypted for transmission over a secure link, for example over a virtual private network using a protocol such as the https secure sockets protocol, the unencrypted control words are recovered at the receiver side of the secure link, so that the decoder does not require a smart card for decryption. Advantageously, since the decoder is thereby provided with ready to use decryption keys, the decoder can be made to be independent of any specialised conditional access system.
- Additional security can be provided by encrypting the information for descrambling the broadcast stream into the control messages, which gives rise to the need for a smart card, such as a virtual or software smart card, at the decoder.
- According to the invention, there is further provided a conditional access system comprising a first receiver for receiving a scrambled broadcast stream and a second receiver for receiving a plurality of control messages separate from the broadcast stream, the control messages including information for descrambling the broadcast stream.
- The invention further provides a decoder for use in a conditional access system for decrypting encrypted broadcast content, comprising a first input module for receiving said encrypted broadcast content from a first communications channel and a second input module for receiving a plurality of control messages from a second communications channel, said control messages containing descrambling information for decrypting said broadcast content.
- According to the invention, there is also provided a method for use in a conditional access system, in which a scrambled broadcast stream is transmitted to a decoder, said decoder being operable to receive a plurality of control messages including information for descrambling the broadcast stream, the method comprising sending said control messages to said decoder separately from said broadcast stream.
- The invention yet further provides a method for use in a conditional access system, in which a scrambled broadcast stream is transmitted to a first decoder and a second decoder, said first and second decoders being operable to receive a plurality of control messages including information for descrambling the broadcast stream, the method comprising receiving a request to transmit a plurality of control messages to said second decoder separately from the broadcast stream.
- Roaming can thereby be facilitated. By denying a service to the first decoder while the control message stream is being sent to the second decoder, use of the service at the subscriber's home location can be prevented whilst roaming.
- The first decoder does not need to have the ability to receive control messages separately and can be a conventional decoder.
- According to the invention, there is additionally provided a conditional access system, comprising a first communications channel for carrying a broadcast stream, said stream being scrambled with a stream of control words and a second communications channel separate from the first channel for carrying a stream of entitlement control messages, said entitlement control messages incorporating information relating to the stream of control words for descrambling the broadcast stream.
- The entitlement control messages can alone contain all of the information required to descramble the broadcast stream, so that there is no need for other messages, such as entitlement management messages, to be transmitted. Furthermore, in this case, a decoder for descrambling the broadcast stream does not require a smart card.
- Embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional conditional access system; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the flow of encrypted information and control information in the system ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a conditional access system according to the invention; -
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating the operation of the system ofFIG. 3 ; and -
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the flow of encrypted information and control information in the system ofFIG. 3 . - Referring to
FIG. 1 , in a conventional conditional access system, content to be broadcast, including for example, video, audio and data components, is encoded in anencoder 1 using an appropriate coding system, for example MPEG-II for digital broadcasting. The encoded broadcast stream is encrypted or scrambled in ascrambler 2 under the control of a control word CW generated by acontrol word generator 3 in a manner which is well-known per se. The control word is encrypted into an Entitlement Control Message (ECM) by anECM generator 4 together with access criteria which identify the service and the conditions required to access the service. For example, the access criteria may specify regional limitations on the broadcast. A further type of message, referred to as an Entitlement Management Message (EMM), which carries details of the subscriber and his subscription is generated by anEMM generator 5. While an ECM message is associated with a scrambled programme or set of programmes and carries the information required to decrypt those programmes, an EMM message is a message dedicated to an individual user or group of users and carries the information necessary to determine whether those users have the necessary subscriptions in place to be able to view the programmes. - The scrambled encoded broadcast stream together with the ECM and EMM messages is multiplexed in a
multiplexer 6 with other broadcast streams representing other programmes, together making up a subscription package from a particular service provider. The package is sent to atransmitter 7 from which it is transmitted, via acommunications channel 8, for example a satellite or cable channel, using an appropriate modulation scheme. The scrambled encoded broadcast stream is received at a subscriber'sreceiver 9, for example a satellite dish, and passed to the subscriber's set-top box 10. - On receipt at a set-top box (STB) 10, the received data is demultiplexed in a
demultiplexer 11, to extract the required programme and its associated ECM and EMM messages. The extracted ECM and EMM messages are sent to a plug-insmart card 12. Thesmart card 12 uses the ECM and EMM messages to determine whether the subscriber has the right to view the broadcast and if so, to decrypt the control word CW, which is input to adescrambler 13 together with the scrambled broadcast stream to recover the original MPEG-II encoded broadcast stream. The encoded stream is passed to an MPEG-IIdecoder 14 which produces an output signal comprising audio, video and data components for display on the subscriber'stelevision 15. - The control word comprises alternating odd and even control words which are alternated at, for example, two second intervals. Each control word is changed at predetermined intervals, for example, every twenty seconds. A continuous stream of ECM messages is therefore required to descramble the scrambled signal. The EMM message can be updated less frequently.
- The conventional form of ECM and EMM messages is defined in the international standard ISO IEC 13818-1, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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FIG. 2 illustrates the flow of signal data and the control word (CW) within the system ofFIG. 1 . On the transmitter side, the control word CW is used to encrypt the unencrypted broadcast signal S in thescrambler 2 to generate an encrypted signal E(S). This is passed to themultiplexer 6 together with the encrypted control word E(CW) generated by theencryption module 4. On the receiver side, the encrypted signal E(S) and encrypted control word E(CW) from themultiplexer 6 are fed to thedemultiplexer 11. This outputs the encrypted signal E(S) to thedescrambler 13 and the encrypted control word E(CW) to the smartcard decryption module 12. Thesmart card 12 contains the cryptographic key necessary to decrypt the encrypted control word E(CW) to reproduce the original control word CW. This is used in thedescrambler 13 to descramble the encrypted signal E(S) to reproduce the original signal S. -
FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the invention which is a modification of the system ofFIG. 1 . In the conditional access system shown inFIG. 3 , rather than sending the ECM messages along with the broadcast channel, the ECM messages are sent on a separate channel. Referring toFIGS. 3 and 4 , broadcast content is encoded using an MPEG-II encoder 1 (step s1). A control word is generated by a control word generator 3 (step s2) and the encoded broadcast stream is encrypted or scrambled in ascrambler 2 under the control of the control word CW (step s3). The scrambled programme is multiplexed with a plurality of other programmes (step s4) in amultiplexer 6 and transmitted from atransmitter 7 viacommunications channel 8 to areceiver 9, together comprising, for example, a satellite communications link (step s5). Ademultiplexer 11 extracts the required programme stream from the received signal (step s6), which is then sent to a set-top box 20, also referred to herein as a decoder (step s7). The decoder includes adescrambler 13 for descrambling the scrambled broadcast signal under the control of a control word. - An
ECM server 21 is used to generate an ECM message which incorporates the control word CW without encryption (step s8), together with the access criteria described with reference toFIG. 1 . The subscription information which would conventionally be carried by an EMM message is incorporated into the ECM message. The ECM message is not multiplexed into the broadcast stream, but is sent to asecond transmitter 22, from where it is transmitted by asecond communications channel 23 to a second receiver 24 (step s9). The ECM message is passed from thesecond receiver 24 to aprocessor 25 within the set-top box 20 (step s10). Theprocessor 25 checks that the subscription information in the ECM is valid and extracts the control word CW from the ECM message (step s11). This is input to the descrambler 13 (step s12). Thedescrambler 13 descrambles the broadcast stream using the control word (step s13). The descrambled encoded stream is passed to an MPEG-II decoder 14 which produces an output signal comprising audio, video and data components (step s14) which is sent for display on the subscriber's television 15 (step s15). - The
communications channel 23 in this embodiment comprises a virtual private network (VPN). In other embodiments of the invention, thecommunications channel 23 comprises a cellular telephone network such as a GSM, UMTS or GPRS network, a conventional PSTN point-to-point telephone connection, a DSL connection, a secure HTTPS socket connection over the Internet, another IP based network, for example using streaming media, or a network based on a different protocol or any other form of communications link over satellite, cable, by terrestrial transmission or otherwise. In preferred embodiments of the invention, a secure link is used to enhance the security of the transmitted control word. - In the event that the
receiver 24 comprises a mobile telephone, this can be linked to the set-top box by any suitable means, including for example, a cable or infra-red connection. - While
FIG. 3 shows thesecond receiver 24 as separate from the set-top box 20, in an alternative embodiment, thesecond receiver 24 is located within the set-top box 20, as shown by the dotted line marked 26 inFIG. 3 . For example, thesecond receiver 24 provides a network connection which permits the set-top box 20 to be plugged into an appropriate network to provide the ECM message stream. -
FIG. 5 illustrates the flow of signal data and the control word (CW) within the system ofFIG. 3 . On the transmitter side, the control word CW is used to encrypt the unencrypted broadcast signal S in thescrambler 2 to generate an encrypted signal E(S). The encrypted signal E(S) is sent to thedescrambler 13 on the receiver side, via themultiplexer 6 anddemultiplexer 11. The control word CW is sent unencrypted to thetransmitter 22 where it is encrypted for transmission over a virtualprivate network 23. The control word CW is decrypted at thereceiver 24 and sent to thedescrambler 13 in unencrypted form, where it is used to descramble the encrypted signal E(S) to reproduce the original signal S. A smart card containing decryption keys is therefore not required in the set-top box. - By transmitting the ECM on a separate channel from the broadcast stream, the ECM becomes individualised, i.e. it applies to an individual subscriber or group of subscribers, so that a range of new services become available. A conditional access system according to the invention enables a third party to assemble a package of channels from different service providers and distribute the package in a secure way by encrypting the package with its own control words and transmitting the control words to each subscriber via a point-to-point connection.
- The above example has been described with the control word being inserted into the ECM message in unencrypted form and the ECM message being encrypted for transmission over the secure channel. In an alternative embodiment, a further level of encryption is applied by encrypting the control word CW into the ECM message, to increase the security of the conditional access system, in which case a smart card is again required in the set-top box. The smart card can be a software smart card or a virtual smart card. Alternatively, a second ECM smart card is provided as a travel smart card, so that if the first smart card for the set-top box is not in use, the second ECM smart card is used to allow point-to-point transmission of ECM messages, for example, in a roaming scenario as described below.
- A conditional access system can be provided in which the possibility of roaming exists in an analogous way to roaming in a GSM network. A subscriber wishing to view a program using a set-top box arrangement in a different region from his home region requests authorisation from that region's service provider, using a travel smart card as described above. The service provider checks that a subscription arrangement exists between the subscriber and his home network and, if so, transmits the control word stream required to decrypt the required program to the subscriber over a point-to-point connection.
- Once a subscriber has requested point-to-point transmission of ECMs to his current location, the EMM information can be removed from the home region-based service by a subscriber authorisation system used by the service provider. This temporarily denies access to services at the subscriber's home location.
- The subscriber's home region-based decoder can be a conventional decoder receiving ECMs transmitted with the broadcast stream. The decoder used at the roaming location is a decoder according to the invention, equipped to receive an ECM stream point-to-point. Two sets of ECMs are therefore being transmitted, the first multiplexed with the broadcast stream enabling viewing by the conventional decoder and the second ECM stream being transmitted over a separate channel from the broadcast stream to enable a decoder according to the invention to view the programme.
- To reduce the required number and calculation of ECM messages for individual subscribers, the personalised ECM messages can be sent to groups of subscribers, the size of the group depending on the level of security required. A further way of reducing calculation needs is to send ECM messages for one channel only, rather than for every channel, since only the control words for the channel actually being watched need to be transferred.
- The embodiments described above envisage the contents of the EMM messages being subsumed into the ECM messages. Of course, if it is desired to maintain the separation of the information, for example because EMM messages need to be sent much less frequently than ECM messages, then EMM messages can continue to be sent, either incorporated in the broadcast stream, or via a separate channel, as explained for example in WO 98/43426, which is incorporated herein by reference. For example, to block use of the home decoder in the event that the roaming facility is used, EMM messages sent to the first decoder can indicate that subscription rights are not available while the roaming facility is in use. If the information that would conventionally be carried by an EMM message is not needed in a particular scenario, EMM messages need not be sent at all.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a transmitter configured to:
transmit control messages associated with decoding a scrambled broadcast stream separately from the scrambled broadcast stream if access is authorized; and
not transmit the control messages if access is not authorized,
wherein access is authorized when a subscription exists between a user and a service provider in a home network region.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is associated with a second service provider different from the service provider in the home network region.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the second service provider is associated with a roaming network region.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a subscription authorization module configured to check whether the subscription between the user and the service provider exists.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the subscription includes roaming privileges.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the control messages in response to receiving a request for the control messages.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the control messages through a virtual private network.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to modify one or more control words in the control messages at a predetermined interval.
9. A method comprising:
determining whether a subscription exists between a user and a service provider in a home network region; and
in response to determining that the subscription exists, transmitting control messages associated with decoding a scrambled broadcast stream separately from the scrambled broadcast stream.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the control messages are transmitted in a roaming network region different from the home network region.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein transmitting the control message is performed over a first channel different from a second channel over which the scrambled broadcast stream is transmitted.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining whether the subscription exists between the user and the service provider in the home network region includes determining whether the subscription includes roaming privileges.
13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising receiving a request for the control messages and wherein determining whether a subscription exists is performed in response to receiving the request.
14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising encrypting the control messages for transmission.
15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the control messages are transmitted from a second service provider associated with a roaming network region different from the service provider in the home network region.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising revoking subscription rights in the home network region upon transmitting the control messages in the roaming network region.
17. The method of claim 9 , wherein the scrambled broadcast stream is transmitted over a first channel and the control messages are transmitted over a second channel different from the first channel.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the second channel is a virtual private network.
19. The method of claim 9 , further comprising modifying one or more control words in the control messages is changed at predetermined intervals.
20. The method of claim 9 , wherein the control messages further include access criteria for accessing a service through which the scrambled broadcast stream is transmitted.
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