H04B 7/18523
Satellite systems for providing broadcast service to terrestrial stations, i.e. broadcast satellite
Official title: {Satellite systems for providing broadcast service to terrestrial stations, i.e. broadcast satellite service (arrangements specially adapted for satellite broadcast receiving H04H40/90; picture transmission via satellite H04N1/00103; television transmission via satellite H04N7/20)}
H04B7/18523 (Satellite systems for providing broadcast service to terrestrial stations, i.e. broadcast satellite) appears on 640 US grants and 559 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Updating media devices in a local network with a client-server architecture6 Oct 2026US 12,756,624 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Facilitating streaming in a local network with a client-server architecture29 Sep 2026US 12,750,277 B2DISH Network L.L.C.
- Synchronization signal measurement in a non-terrestrial network29 Sep 2026US 12,750,717 B2Google Inc.
- Communication system8 Sep 2026US 12,732,266 B2St Engineering Idirect (Europe) Cy NV
- Position-based access to satellite networks for satellite terminals18 Aug 2026US 12,712,631 B2ViaSat, Inc.
- Network creation process for internet supply to the earth's complete land surface, the payload and aircraft enabling its implementation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312671 A1Prodose
- Unicast and broadcast communications using phased-array antenna8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312673 A1ViaSat, Inc.
- Position-based access to satellite networks for satellite terminals17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280686 A1ViaSat, Inc.
- Creating and Using Special Contacts for Direct-to-Cell Satellite Coverage17 Sep 2026US 2026/0280687 A1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
- Coverage Management Interfaces for Direct-To-Cell Satellite Coverage17 Sep 2026US 2026/0281790 A1AT&T Intellectual Property I, L. P.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for reliable broadcasting of data files and streams1,460US 6,272,658 B1Kencast, Inc. · 2001
- Method and system for reliable broadcasting of data files and streams1,381US 6,567,948 B2Kencast, Inc. · 2003
- System for scheduling transmission of indexed and requested database tiers on demand at varying repetition rates613US 5,404,505 AFinisar Corporation · 1995
- Asymmetric hybrid access system and method498US 5,586,121 AHybrid Networks, Inc. · 1996
- Integrated radio satellite response system and method400US 5,303,393 ARadio Satellite Corporation · 1994