Patent ID: 8176520

Claim:
A communication system for a mobile platform, the mobile platform being stationary at a docking area, the communication system comprising: a server located in the docking area and comprising a wireless docking area transceiver, a first satellite receiver, and a first storage unit, the server being configured to store order wire data received by the first satellite receiver, and to store video data received by the first satellite receiver in the storage unit in response to the order wire data; a second satellite receiver located on the mobile platform; a wireless platform transceiver on the mobile platform receiving the order wire data and the video data from the wireless docking area transceiver while the mobile platform is at the docking area; and a second storage unit, the second storage unit being located on the mobile platform, wherein the second storage unit stores the video data for playback in the mobile platform and the second storage unit storing the order wire data, the order wire data controls a source of video for playback of a program being either video data in the second storage unit or the second satellite receiver, or both the second storage unit and the second satellite receiver.