To achieve content usage control which limits hosts that are permitted content reproduction.
An information storage device such as a memory card stores encrypted content and a conversion title key generated by converting a title key serving as an encryption key, and generates a subkey to be applied to title key calculation from the conversion title key. The subkey is generated by applying a host ID that has been acquired from a server during recording of the content. When content is reproduced, a host ID serving as an identifier of a reproducer is acquired from the reproducer for decrypting the encrypted content. Then, a subkey is generated by applying the acquired host ID and output to the reproducer. Only a reproducer having a host ID the same as the host ID that has been applied to subkey generation in downloading successfully generates a correct title key based on the subkey, so as to enable the decryption and reproduction of content.
MURAMATSU KATSUMI
KOBAYASHI YOSHIYUKI
HAYASHI TAKAMICHI
YOSHIMURA KOJI
Eiji Yamada
Toshio Sawada
Eiji Sasaki
Daido Patent Office
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