ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,833, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hughes Network Systems LLC (Germantown, Md.).
"Secure satellite-based content preloading" was invented by Douglas M. Dillon (Rockville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A content protection system for satellite-based content delivery is provided, including a satellite content receiver. The satellite content receiver may include one or more processors and a non-transitory processor readable medium, and be in communication with a satellite antenna. The satellite content receiver may receive a first portion of streaming media content, transmitted by a content security host system using multicast c...