Patent ID: 9634753
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of distributively delivering content to devices being transported by vehicles, comprising: selecting, at a processor of a hybrid communications distributor disposed in a terrestrial location, a first portion of content that is to be delivered to a device, the device being a mobile computing device that is temporarily being transported by a vehicle that is in-flight, and the selection based on a type of data included in the first portion; selecting, at the processor of the hybrid communications distributor and based on the type of data included in the first portion of the content, at least one of a first forward link supported by a first frequency band or a second forward link supported by a second frequency band; causing a first transmission to be sent to the in-flight vehicle using the first forward link, the first transmission including the first portion of the content; and causing a second transmission to be sent to the in-flight vehicle using the second forward link, the second transmission including a second portion of the content.