Patent ID: 7885599

Claim:
A method for receiving data from a satellite radio network, comprising: receiving at a first receiver a packet of data comprising a header portion and a body portion broadcast via a satellite radio network, wherein the header portion of the packet of data includes broadcast identifier information that is associated with a selected set of receivers configured to receive the broadcast that are intended recipients of the packet of data; wherein the selected set of receivers configured to receive the broadcast are identified based on the broadcast identifier information included in the header; comparing the selected set of receivers configured to receive the broadcast to locally stored identifier information associated with the first receiver to determine if the first receiver is a member of the selected set of receivers configured to receive the broadcast that are intended recipients of the packet of data using the broadcast identifier information; and processing the packet of data if the first receiver is determined to be a member of the selected set of receivers configured to receive the broadcast that are intended recipients of the packet of data.