Patent ID: 9001642
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A satellite system comprising: a communications system in a satellite, wherein the communications system is configured to receive first information from a particular operator of a plurality of operators; and a number of computers associated with the satellite, wherein the number of computers is configured to avoid conflicts between information sent by the communications system to the satellite from different operators in the plurality of operators that cause an undesired operation of the satellite, identify a block of information for encryption from instructions in the first information received by the communications system in the satellite, generate a key for the particular operator from a portion of the block of information identified in the first information based on the instructions in the first information from the particular operator, and encrypt the block of information using the key for the particular operator to form a block of encrypted information, and transmit the block of encrypted information to a remote platform over a number of communications links.