Patent ID: 7580528

Claim:
In a mobile communication system having an information content delivery system for delivering information to users aboard a mobile platform, a terminal data loading device semi-permanently installed on the mobile platform, said terminal data loading device comprising: a media unit operatively connectable to a transportable media element containing media data, a predetermined portion of the media data being encrypted, the media unit being capable of reading the media data from the media element and outputting an encrypted media signal; a security processor unit receiving the encrypted media signal from the media unit and outputting an unencrypted media signal based on one or more predetermined cryptographic keys utilizing a predetermined cryptographic algorithm; a physical key unit for receiving a physical key, the physical key unit and physical key determining at least one cryptographic key for the security processor unit; a control processor unit for receiving the unencrypted media signal from the security processor unit and parsing the unencrypted media signal into blocks of information of a predetermined size; a wireless communication unit for receiving an information signal from the control processor unit and sending an output signal to a receiving wireless communication unit using a low-bandwidth cellular channel; and a wireline communication unit for receiving the blocks of information and outputting a wireline signal to a network on the mobile platform.