System for providing global portable internet access using low earth orbit satellite and satellite direct radio broadcast system
CA 2302946 A1 · Owner: Rothblatt, Martine A. · Inventors: Rothblatt, Martine A.
Overview
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A system for providing global and portable Internet access (25) to low cost user terminals (22) comprises an Internet service provider gateway (23) and a broadcast station (39) for providing multimedia information from the gateway (23) to the user terminals (22) via a direct radio broadcast geostationary satellite (20). User terminals (22) each comprise a direct radio broadcast receiver (21) and a transceiver for communicating with a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite (24).
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- Filed August 19, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 19, 2018.
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