A GPS information service system for providing supplemental GPS location
correction and signal acquisition information to subscribers. A GPS
information server broadcasts GPS information encrypted with subscription
keys. Remote GPS subscription unit receive the key enablers for the
subscription keys in service activation (SAM) messages for the services
for which they have subscribed and then use the subscription keys to
decrypt the GPS information. In order to prevent unauthorized use, the
SAM messages have signatures derived from identifications of the remote
GPS subscription units using an unsymmetrical signature algorithm.