Patent ID: 7793323
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting a media program comprising audiovisual data, comprising the steps of: (a) segmenting the media program into a first portion and a second portion; (b) transmitting the first portion and the second portion to a satellite; (c) transmitting the first portion and not the second portion from the satellite directly to a display entity via a first communication link; (d) transmitting the second portion from the satellite to a ground-based hub; and (e) transmitting the second portion from the ground-based hub to the display entity via a second communication link more secure than the first communication link and wherein steps (a)-(e) are performed during periods of high communications traffic, and wherein steps (a)-(b) and (f) are performed during periods without high communications traffic, wherein step (f) comprises transmitting the first portion and the second portion from the satellite directly to the display entity via the first communication link.