Apparatus, method and article of manufacture for transmitting data over a satellite
US6584082B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04H40/90
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Calls are routed in a hybrid telecommunications system including a switched communications network and a packet transmission network. A gateway server provides file transfer services in response to a user initiating a call. Calls and data are routed over a hybrid network including a satellite facility. The satellite facility receives data streams at a stream gateway, receives data files and stores and forwards the data files to file gateways as directed by a scheduling service according to the subscriber and the data. All data is multiplexed with authentication and session information and transmitted through orbiting satellite links or the Internet to a receiving facility. Transmission status is returned to the transmitting facility and the data is retransmitted accordingly. The receiving facility decodes the satellite transmission data and transmits the data to client device(s) as directed by a scheduling service according to the subscriber and the data.
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