Patent ID: 8417939

Claim:
A method of delivering content to a plurality of user devices comprising: communicating a participation signal to each of the plurality of user devices, said participation signal corresponding to participation in a peer-to-peer file-sharing network; storing the participation signal in the plurality of user devices; communicating a secure authorization message signal to each of the plurality of user devices; coupling each of the plurality of user devices to a content distribution network; authenticating the participation signal for each of the plurality of user devices; communicating encryption-decryption information to the plurality of user devices using a first satellite; encrypting portions of the content in response to the encryption-decryption information to form encrypted content portions; communicating different encrypted content portions of the content to the plurality of user devices separately from the encryption-decryption information; thereafter, file-sharing different encrypted content portions within the peer-to-peer file-sharing network; monitoring file-sharing; continuing the steps of file-sharing and monitoring until content transfer completion; and at each of the plurality of user devices, forming the content by assembling and decrypting the encrypted content portions in response to the encryption-decryption information.