Patent ID: 7734246

Claim:
A method for providing information associated with a geographical area to users by way of broadcast communication receivers, the method comprising: in a broadcast communication transmitter, transmitting the information and an indication of the geographical area associated with the information to the broadcast communication receivers; in each of the broadcast communication receivers, receiving the information and the indication of the geographical area; in each of the broadcast communication receivers, translating the indication of the geographical area from a first geographical format into a second geographical format suitable for comparing the indication of the geographical area with a geographic code associated with, and stored within, the associated broadcast communication receiver; in each of the broadcast communication receivers, comparing the indication of the geographical area with the geographic code; and in each of the broadcast communication receivers, relaying the information to the user of the associated broadcast communication receiver if the geographic code indicates that the associated broadcast communication receiver is located within the geographical area wherein: the broadcast communication receiver comprises a satellite communication receiver; the broadcast communication transmitter comprises a satellite communication transmitter; and the method further comprises transmitting the information and the indication of the geographical area from a, satellite uplink facility to the satellite communication transmitter and receiving the information and the indication of the geographical area from the satellite uplink facility at the satellite communication transmitter.