Patent ID: 8811889

Claim:
A method comprising: storing, by a base station, a plurality of user profiles, each user profile corresponding to an identifier of a portable user device of a plurality of portable user devices; receiving, directly by the base station comprising a first plurality of antennas, a satellite radio signal containing satellite radio content, wherein the satellite radio signal is received via at least two of the first plurality of antennas, wherein the base station is deployed in a wireless network, wherein the base station is associated with an identification number, and the identification number is associated with an active satellite radio subscription for allowing access to the satellite radio content contained in the satellite radio signal, wherein the satellite radio signal is provided by an entity that is different from an entity that provides the wireless network; decrypting, by the base station, the satellite radio signal based on the identification number to access the satellite radio content contained in the satellite radio signal; encoding, by the base station, the satellite radio content; and transmitting, by the base station, the satellite radio content that is encoded from the at least two of the first plurality of antennas via a first wireless network protocol to the plurality of portable user devices in accordance with the identifiers of the portable user devices, for allowing each of the plurality of portable user devices to access the satellite radio content without individual active satellite radio subscriptions, wherein each of the plurality of portable user devices is associated with a subscription of the wireless network.