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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110265128 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BI-DIRECTIONAL DATA SERVICES AND LIVE TELEVISION PROGRAMMING TO MOBILE PLATFORMS A system for bi-directional data content transfer between a plurality of mobile platforms, such as aircraft or cruise ships, and a ground-based control segment. The system includes the ground-based control segment, a space segment and a mobile system disposed on each mo... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110145853 | System and Method for Selectively Receiving Required Satellite Television Channels A system includes a video-on-demand server and an authentication server. The video-on-demand server is configured to provide video-on-demand content through a broadband connection to a set-top box device. The authentication server is in communication with the video-on-d... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20100071009 | SIX PORT LINEAR NETWORK SINGLE WIRE MULTI SWITCH TRANSCEIVER A fluid sensor comprises a sensor housing (12), a sensor package (14), an actuator (16) and a switch (18). The sensor package (14) is disposed within the sensor housing (12) and includes first and second screens and at least one... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100037263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING INTERACTIVE CONTENT IN A BROADCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A system and method for communicating with a user device includes an interactive head end and a broadcast channel management system communicating content channel data to the interactive head end. The interactive head end forms a streaming service in response to the cont... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090288122 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR AN INTEGRATED ANTENNA AND SATELLITE DISH Systems and methods for an integrated antenna and satellite dish. Exemplary embodiments include an apparatus, including a satellite dish, a wireless antenna coupled to the satellite dish and a coupling box communicatively coupled to the satellite dish and the wireless a... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090228934 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHANGING ALLOCATION CHARTS IN A SATELLITE BROADCASTING SYSTEM A broadcast system and method of changing allocations therein include a plurality of broadcast system components and a broadcast operation channel management system having a database. The broadcast operation channel management system generates a first allocation chart f... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090125950 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER DEVICE A system and method includes a user device having a subscriber activation client application stored therein. The user device prompts entry of an ordering identifier and receives the ordering identifier through a user interface. A subscriber activation system is in commu... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090083804 | System and Method for Low Cost Mobile TV A low profile low cost mobile in-motion antenna system for satellite TV reception using DVB with different either BPSK or CDMA like modulation schemes is described. In some embodiments, a low resolution version of a video transmission may be used as a backup for a highe... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090031360 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING A SERVICE USING A WELCOME VIDEO A communication system 10 includes a service provider 12 used to provide content to a user device 14. The user device 14 is coupled to a network. A service is selected at the user device. A welcome video is communicated from the service provi... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090031363 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENT TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A SATELLITE NETWORK AND A BROADBAND NETWORK A communication system 100 includes a content repository 274 storing a plurality of content files associated with the content distribution system. A transport processing system 250 communicating with the content distribution system, a terrestrial co... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090007189 | System and method for grouping program identifiers into multicast groups The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for grouping program identifiers into multimast groups. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising receiving a request for satellite services from a requester device, wherein the request includes at l... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080216126 | Mass storage repository for a wireless network A video repository unit includes a plurality of disk drives arranged in a redundant array and circuitry to control writing/reading of video programs to/from the redundant array. A wireless transceiver receives video programs and transmits a selected video program to a r... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080155610 | MOLNIYA ORBIT SATELLITE SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS A system includes a satellite fleet (102, FIG. 1), in which each satellite receives uplink signals from an uplink hub (104), and transmits downlink signals in at least one directed beam (112). In an embodiment, downlink signals include televi... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080040754 | Pseudo-rich hybrid phone/browser A markup language specification is set forth for providing pseudo-rich media during phone calls, and to implement two endpoints that support this specification. Each implemented endpoint functions as a half-phone and half-browser, where the phone call consists partly of... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080016535 | Frequency shift key control in video delivery systems Broadcast systems for selectively delivering satellite video signals. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises an antenna for receiving the satellite video signals, a plurality of amplifiers, coupled to the antenna, each amplifier receiving and amplif... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070199026 | Apparatus and method for receiving digital multimedia broadcast service in a mobile terminal A method is provided for receiving a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) signal by a mobile terminal in a DMB system including a satellite for transmitting a satellite DMB signal directly to the mobile terminal, a gap filler for repeating the satellite DMB signal rece... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070192805 | ADAPTIVE SPOTBEAM BROADCASTING, SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR HIGH BANDWIDTH CONTENT DISTRIBUTION OVER SATELLITE Satellite broadcasting methods include providing a cellular satellite communications system configured to transmit information separately to a plurality of different geographic locations defined by a respective plurality of cellular satellite spotbeams, and concurrently... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20060126576 | Partial mesh communication in hub based system A partial mesh link channel is established within a satellite communication system by allocating return link channel resources to the partial mesh link channel. ... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20050273822 | Video-on-demand satellite system A satellite video on demand system and method provide videos or other files on demand using a satellite in earth orbit. The satellite includes at least one uplink and multiple downlinks to multiple cells distributed over a geographic region. Multiple requests for video ... | 12/08/2005 |
