Inventors:
Walter J. Schon - Tigard OR, US
William L. Jones - Portland OR, US
Assignee:
McAfee, Inc. - Santa Clara CA
International Classification:
H04N 7/167, H04K 1/00, H04L 9/00, H04L 9/28, H04L 9/30, H04L 9/32, G06F 11/30, G06F 12/14
US Classification:
380229, 713176, 713184, 713193, 713194, 380201, 380 28, 380 29, 380 30, 380210, 380228, 380203
Abstract:
A system and method for automatically protecting private video content using embedded cryptographic security is disclosed. A substantially continuous video signal representing raw video content is divided into individual frames. Each frame stores a fixed amount of data in digital form. Each individual frame is encrypted into encrypted video content using an encryption cryptographic key. The encrypted frames is stored on a transportable storage medium. Encrypted frames are retrieved from the transportable storage medium. A decryption cryptographic key is verified prior to decryption. Each encrypted frame is decrypted using the decryption cryptographic key. The decrypted frames are combined into a substantially continuous video signal representing the raw video content in reconstructed form. In a further embodiment, private video content automatically authenticated using embedded cryptographic security, either alone or in conjunction with the encryption of video content.