| US 7,580,528 B2 | ||
| Secure terminal data loader apparatus and method for a mobile platform | ||
| Rodney J. Farley, Yorba Linda, Calif. (US); and Joseph J. Renton, Orange, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Systems and Software Enterprises, Inc., Anaheim, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 20, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/718,474. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/428091, filed on Nov. 21, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0129239 A1, Jun. 16, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04K 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 380—270 [726/27; 725/28; 725/62; 725/75; 725/76; 725/77; 455/41.3; 455/306; 455/431] | 17 Claims |
| 1. In a mobile communication system having an information content delivery system for delivering information to users aboard
a mobile platform, a terminal data loading device semi-permanently installed on the mobile platform, said terminal data loading
device comprising:
a media unit operatively connectable to a transportable media element containing media data, a predetermined portion of the
media data being encrypted, the media unit being capable of reading the media data from the media element and outputting an
encrypted media signal;
a security processor unit receiving the encrypted media signal from the media unit and outputting an unencrypted media signal
based on one or more predetermined cryptographic keys utilizing a predetermined cryptographic algorithm;
a physical key unit for receiving a physical key, the physical key unit and physical key determining at least one cryptographic
key for the security processor unit;
a control processor unit for receiving the unencrypted media signal from the security processor unit and parsing the unencrypted
media signal into blocks of information of a predetermined size;
a wireless communication unit for receiving an information signal from the control processor unit and sending an output signal
to a receiving wireless communication unit using a low-bandwidth cellular channel; and
a wireline communication unit for receiving the blocks of information and outputting a wireline signal to a network on the
mobile platform.
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