Patent ID: 8881202

Claim:
A data receiver comprising: a satellite communication interface configured to receive data from a data source via a satellite network comprising at least one satellite; a network interface configured to communicatively couple with external networked devices comprising the data source via an alternate network; and a communication controller coupled with the satellite communication interface and the network interface, and configured to: negotiate, with the data source over the alternate network, a synchronization function for transmitting a data set over the satellite network, obtain a satellite-based channel definition via the network interface based on characteristics of the data set at the data source, configure the satellite communication interface to establish a satellite channel with the at least one satellite according to the satellite-based channel definition and the negotiated synchronization function, receive at least a portion of the data set from the data source through the satellite channel via the satellite network, and store the portion of the data set on a non-transitory computer readable medium.