Patent ID: 7706739

Claim:
A method for distributing media content in a point-to-point network, the method comprising: providing a channel for use by a plurality of cellular devices, each of the plurality of cellular devices being authorized to access media content delivered over the channel; and sending the media content to the plurality of cellular devices at substantially the same time through use of the channel, wherein the media content is sent to the plurality of cellular devices by sending the media content to a broadcast device for broadcasting the media content to the plurality of cellular devices, the media content sent to the broadcast device being addressed to a selected one of the plurality of cellular devices, and further, wherein sending the media content to the broadcast device further comprises receiving media content from a data originator; associating the media content with a channel identifier; creating a channel-to-cell map; and routing the media content associated with the channel identifier to a base station in a cell identified in the channel-to-cell map.