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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| 20120034866 | NON-INTERFERING UTILIZATION OF NON-GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE FREQUENCY BAND FOR GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATION A method, satellite and system utilizes non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) frequency spectrum in geostationary satellite orbit (GSO) satellite communication in a non-interfering manner. A ground station transmits signals to a GSO satellite using a GSO frequency ba... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120028572 | Polarization Re-alignment for Mobile Satellite Terminals A system for allowing ground terminals, specifically mobile ground terminals, to dynamically and electronically realign signal polarizations to match that of incoming and outgoing signal polarizations from designated space assets, specifically communications from satell... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110306292 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING SATELLITE NETWORK UTILIZATION A system and method for optimizing satellite network utilization is disclosed. The method includes delivering a message to a communication device in the satellite network where a confirmation is received from a satellite network gateway that a message is intended for th... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306293 | CAPACITY MAXIMIZATION FOR A UNICAST SPOT BEAM SATELLITE SYSTEM Methods, systems, and apparatuses are presented for improved satellite communications. The satellite system may comprises at least one gateway, a satellite in orbit configured to communicate with the at least one gateway and provide a plurality of spot beams, and a plur... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110287711 | DEVICE FOR FLEXIBLE WIDEBAND FREQUENCY TRANSPOSITION, AND ASSOCIATED SATELLITE REMOTE CONTROL RECEIVER A device for double frequency transposition includes means for controlling the frequencies FOL1, FOL2 of a first and a second synthesizer, which are adapted to carry out the steps of (a) initializing the frequency FOL2 at a first given v... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110263199 | SPECTRUM SHARING BETWEEN AN AIRCRAFT-BASED AIR-TO-GROUND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND EXISTING GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE SERVICES The present Spectrum Sharing System implements spectrum reuse between aircraft-based Air-To-Ground (ATG) communication systems and Geostationary Satellite Service systems. This is accomplished by managing the radio frequency transmissions in the volume of space in which... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110255464 | HIGH CAPACITY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM A high capacity satellite communications system including a satellite with a beam for a forward downlink focused on a geographic area for which disproportionately higher capacity is desired, a hub located in a geographic area for which disproportionately lower capacity ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249616 | Multiple entry terrestrial repeater for a content broadcasting system A terrestrial repeater (RT), comprising i) interface means (MI) having the function to receive a first data stream originating from a first satellite type transmission network (R1), a second data stream originating from a second transmission network (R2), ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110207398 | Method of Recovering a Signal from a Set of Signals Collected by Satellite A method of recovering a useful signal received by a satellite includes a step of reception by the satellite of a composite signal comprising said useful signal and collision signals, all of these signals being received simultaneously by the satellite, interfering with ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110189947 | FLEXIBLE COVERAGE AREAS FOR RETURN LINK SIGNALS IN A SPOT BEAM SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Conventional spot beam satellites receive return uplink beam signals that each correspond to a separate and unique return downlink beam. An embodiment of the invention allows flexible coverage areas by selectively attenuating and combining multiple return uplink beam si... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110171901 | MULTIPLE FEED ANTENNA AND METHODS OF USING SAME An antenna and method of using the antenna is disclosed, that may include a feed assembly including a plurality of feed horns disposed at a plurality of different respective angles within the antenna; a detection system for tracking a movement of a satellite through a t... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110143657 | METHOD OF ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN A MOBILE EARTH STATION AND A SATELLITE OF MSS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Provided is an MSS satellite system including a satellite, an ATC and an MES. The satellite transmits a signal of a frequency for FSS to the ATC and transmits a signal of a frequency for MSS to the MES. When the strength of the signal transmitted from the satellite is e... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110128143 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUNTERING TERRORISM BY MONITORING CONTAINERS OVER INTERNATIONAL SEAS The present invention is directed to a system and method for countering terrorism by monitoring shipping containers using an advanced communication system network for tracking and monitoring the container as it travels over international seas.... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110097995 | LUNAR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM A system for communications between a lunar or planetary surface and the Earth may include a first communications satellite adapted to be positioned in a predetermined orbit relative to a celestial body. A first antenna may be mounted on the first communications satelli... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110065381 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING HIGHER POWER FROM A SATELLITE BY MORE EFFICIENTLY USING THE EXISTING SATELLITE POWER AMPLIFIERS A method of enhancing the power transmitted from a satellite includes the steps of modulating a carrier signal at an Earth station. The non-linearity is established of a downlink amplifier on the satellite. The modulated carrier signal is to compensate for the non-linea... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110044237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING TRAFFIC RESOURCES IN MULTI-BEAM SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM In a system where satellite communication using multi-beams is performed for each group including a plurality of beams, a required data transmission rate of each beam is detected for each group, more traffic resources are allocated to a beam having a higher required dat... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110028087 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING ULTRA SMALL APERTURE COMMUNICATION ANTENNA USING SPECTRAL REPLICATION AND COHERENT FREQUENCY AND PHASE COMBINING A system for enabling use of ultra-small aperture terminals in satellite communications is provided. The system comprises a transmitter configured to receive an input signal having information, a bandwidth, and an amplitude, replicate the input signal into two or more r... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028086 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING ULTRA SMALL APERTURE COMMUNICATION ANTENNA USING SPECTRAL REPLICATION AND COHERENT FREQUENCY AND PHASE COMBINING A satellite communications system has a hub terminal which communicates with a remote terminal through a satellite. The hub terminal 100 includes a transmitting modulator, power booster, up-converter and Power Amplifier (PA), and a transmitting station. The trans... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110009054 | TRANSMIT FREQUENCY PRECORRECTION FOR SATELLITE TERMINALS A method for determining a frequency correction and a symbol rate correction for transmissions from a user terminal in a satellite communications system comprises determining a frequency of a signal received at the user terminal, and determining a symbol rate of the sig... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100311417 | METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE, COST AND CONSTELLATION DESIGN OF SATELLITES FOR FULL AND PARTIAL EARTH COVERAGE A system and method for highly efficient constellations of satellites which give single, double, . . . k-fold redundant full earth imaging coverage, or k-fold coverage for latitudes greater than any selected latitude is given for remote sensing instruments in short peri... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100304668 | COMMUNICATION METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM The present invention relates to a communication method in a mobile communication system. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile satellite communication system having a complementary terrestrial component among various mobile communication sy... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100284323 | HIGHLY INTEGRATED VERY SMALL APERTURE TERMINAL (VSAT) APPARATUS AND METHOD A method, and a VSAT capable of being configured for such a method, of configuring a VSAT, the steps of which are setting, while an outdoor unit of the VSAT is at a configuration location, a maximum value of the adjustable gain of the up-converting device and transmitti... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100279604 | Intersatellite Links A first satellite and a second satellite are deployed in a cluster in closely related orbits around the Earth. The second satellite has at least one light emitting diode (LED) configured to transmit optical signals to the first satellite to enable an intersatellite link... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100255776 | REDUNDANT COMMUNICATION PATH FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION DATA According to one embodiment, a method for use in managing satellite communications includes: receiving, at a first earth-based gateway antenna system, one or more microwave communication signals from a substantially geostationary satellite; monitoring for a performance ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100221997 | Active interference suppression in a satellite communication system The invention relates to active interference suppression in a satellite communication system, particularly but not exclusively to an apparatus and method for using active interference suppression in order to suppress co-channel interference between user signals in the c... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100203828 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND TRANSCEIVERS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS OVER DISCONTIGUOUS SPECTRUM SEGMENTS Methods of transmitting a plurality of communications signals over a plurality of discontiguous bandwidth segments in a frequency band include defining a plurality (NFFT) of orthogonal subcarriers across the frequency band, defining a plurality (N) of availab... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100203827 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN A SATELLITE SIGNAL RECEIVER A method and apparatus for mitigating interference in a satellite signal receiver is described. The satellite signal receiver receives satellite signals from a plurality of satellites. In one example, data transmission of a wireless transceiver operating in proximity to... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100184370 | ADAPTIVE BEAM FORMING WITH MULTI-USER DETECTION AND INTERFERENCE REDUCTION IN SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Satellite communications methods include receiving communications signals including co-channel interference at a space-based component from a plurality of wireless terminals in a satellite footprint over a satellite frequency band and reducing interference in the commun... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100159826 | Radio Frequency Circuit for a Wireless Signal Transceiver and Related Wireless Signal Transceiver A radio-frequency circuit for a wireless signal transceiver is disclosed. The wireless signal transceiver is utilized for receiving a first wireless signal and transforming the first wireless signal into a second wireless signal. The radio-frequency circuit includes a t... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100157857 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING OF FREQUENCY ALLOCATED FOR MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICE USING SATELLITE AND ITS COMPLEMENTARY GROUND COMPONENT A disclose is a frequency sharing apparatus and method for a mobile satellite service using a satellite and a CGC of the satellite. The frequency sharing method may include measuring a signal strength of a signal received from a satellite, determining a communication mo... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100136901 | ASSEMBLY OF A LOW-NOISE BLOCK CONVERTER AND A FILTER FOR A SATELLITE ANTENNA SYSTEM, AND CONNECTING COMPONENT THEREOF An assembly of a low-noise block converter and a filter for a satellite antenna includes a low-noise block converter, a filter, and a connecting component. The low-noise block converter includes an output circuit, and the filter includes a filtering circuit. The connect... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100136902 | Signal Power Summation Using Satellite Transponders Having Orthogonal Polarizations A method for communication includes transmitting first and second copies of a signal toward first and second satellite transponders, respectively, so as to cause the first and second satellite transponders to transmit respective first and second downlink signals with mu... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100120357 | TERMINAL MODE ASSIGNMENT FOR A SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Satellite communications systems, methods, and related devices are described. In one embodiment, a satellite communications system is configured to dynamically allocate bandwidth and frequencies among different beams. Bandwidth request data may be received and compiled ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100120359 | APPORTIONED CARRIER GROUP SLOT PLACEMENT FOR A SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Satellite communications systems, methods, and related devices are described. In one embodiment, a satellite communications system is configured to dynamically allocate bandwidth and frequencies among different beams. Bandwidth request data may be received and compiled ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100105318 | FREQUENCY TRANSLATION MODULE INTERFACE An architecture and protocol enables signal communications between either a frequency translation module and a decoder within a dwelling, or between an antenna and a decoder within a dwelling. According to an exemplary embodiment, the decoder comprises a switch 33 | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100081373 | SATELLITE FEED ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED FILTERS AND TEST COUPLERS A dual-band feed assembly is configured to be coupled to a satellite repeater payload. The dual-band feed assembly includes a transmit filter assembly comprising a transmit pass-band filter configured to reject frequencies outside of a transmit frequency band and a low-... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100068993 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SATELLITE-LONG TERM EVOLUTION (S-LTE) AIR INTERFACE An air interface for use with a mobile satellite system that extends the baseline LTE interface modulation and coding from 3GPP. The LTE OFDM and S-FDMA technologies are used in the lowest FDD E-UTRA assigned bandwidth of 1.4 MHz but can be extended up to 7 other bands.... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100048201 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH DIFFERENT UTILIZATION OF SATELLITE FREQUENCY BANDS BY A SPACE-BASED NETWORK AND AN ANCILLARY TERRESTRIAL NETWORK A radioterminal communications system includes an ancillary terrestrial component configured to receive from at least some of a plurality of radioterminals using frequencies from a first satellite frequency band (e.g., an L-band) and to transmit to at least some of the ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100046389 | METHOD AND FACILITY FOR SELECTING SATELLITE CHANNELS A method for selecting satellite channels in a transmission system consisting of a data source, a data sink, satellite modems and a satellite radio link with a general channel and at least one dedicated channel is provided. The data sink prompts the data source, as a fu... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100035543 | URGENT MESSAGE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM An urgent message apparatus mounted in a vehicle, for transmitting, in an emergency, an urgent message with a backup battery with the use of a low-earth orbit orbiting satellite, detects a current position of the vehicle; a obtaining part obtaining a communication not-p... | 02/11/2010 |
