SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS HARDWARE

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
DIRECT DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT	Warren Supply Company	300 E. 50th Street North Sioux Falls SD 57104	satellite communications hardware, namely, antennas and decoder boxes used for receiving satellite communications information; computer software used for receiving satellite communications information and instruction manuals sold as a unit therewith; and computers equipped with satellite communications receiver and decoder interface board;DIGITAL;
OUTERLINK	Outerlink Corporation	187 Ballardvale St. Suite A260 Wilmington MA 01887	Satellite communications hardware, namely, satellite communications units to transmit and/or receive communications from mobile assets; computer software for tracking and communicating with mobile assets through satellite communications; electronic data recorders;OUTER LINK;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A hybrid satellite communications system provides communications, particularly Internet access, to computer users. The hybrid satellite communications system includes a satellite system and a terrestrial communications system. The satellite system includes two transceivers. The first transceiver receives and transmits a first set of signals received from the terrestrial communications system to a plurality of user units. In reverse fashion, the satellite systems second transceiver receives a second set of signals in a second frequency band from the user units and transmits those signals back to the terrestrial communications system. The first set of signals (downlink signals) are of much higher frequency than the second set of signals (uplink signals). Preferably, the first set of signals are relayed by a Direct Broadcast System (DBS) satellite in a frequency band between 12.2 GHz and 12.9 GHz, while the second set of signals are relayed by a Mobile Satellite System (MSS) satellite operating between 1.0 GHz and 3.0 Ghz, or relayed by a terrestrial node operating between 0.8 and 2.0 Ghz. The differences in frequency between the first set of signals and second set of signals is considered optimal for the transmission and receipt of communications between a computer user with the Internet. Moreover, the present invention is capable of using the present communications infrastructures dedicated to the satellite transmission of television via DBS satellites, satellite cellular communications via MSS satellites, and radio communications via terrestrial cellular systems.