Patent ID: 7359710

Claim:
A mobile switching center (MSC) comprising: a satellite TV service provider gateway; a satellite traffic controller; a base station gateway; the satellite TV service provider gateway being operable to retrieve satellite TV program content from a satellite service provider and send the program content to the satellite traffic controller, the satellite traffic controller managing service requests for satellite TV program content from at least one mobile station and being operable to derive satellite TV derivative content from the program content and deliver the derivative content to the at least one mobile station at a selected quality of service level, the selected quality of service level having been selected from among multiple service levels available for delivery of satellite TV derivative content, the multiple service levels including at least one service level greater than that of conventional voice bearer traffic, the base station gateway operably connecting the satellite traffic controller to one or more base stations serving the at least one mobile station and thereby being operable to communicate the satellite TV derivative content from the satellite traffic controller to the at least one mobile station at the selected quality of service level.