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US 12,323,226 B2Granted
Hybrid satellite internet access
AssigneeHughes Network Systems, LLC
InventorsVenkat Ganesan, Michael Chin, Krishna Samavedam, Akshay Ravichandran
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Abstract
A system comprising an accelerator including a first physical port couplable to a first module and a second physical port configured to communicate with a wide-area network. The accelerator is programmed to receive outbound data from user devices via the first module, and route the outbound data to either the first physical port or the second physical port. The first module is a separate unit from the accelerator. The first module includes an indoor unit configured for satellite internet.
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A system comprising:
- a second module including an accelerator, the accelerator including a first physical port couplable to a first module and a second physical port configured to communicate with a wide-area network, the first module being packaged together as a single unit within a single first housing, the second module being packaged together as a single unit within a single second housing, the second module being physically separate and distinct from the first module;
- wherein the accelerator is programmed to;
- receive outbound data from user devices via the first physical port from the first module;
- upon determining to route the outbound traffic to satellite internet, route the outbound data to the first module via the first physical port;
- and
- upon determining to route the outbound traffic to the wide-area network, route the outbound data to the wide-area network via the second physical port;
- wherein the first module includes an indoor unit configured for the satellite internet.
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A method comprising:
- providing a local-area network by a first module, the first module being packaged together as a single unit within a single first housing;
- and
- coupling an accelerator to the local-area network via a first physical port of the accelerator connecting to the first module, the accelerator included in a second module, the second module being packaged together as a single unit within a single second housing, the second module being physically separate and distinct from the first module;
- wherein the local-area network is connected to a public network before the coupling of the accelerator;
- wherein the accelerator is programmed to receive outbound data from user devices via the first physical port from the first module;
- upon determining to route the outbound traffic to satellite internet, route the outbound data to the first module via the first physical port;
- and upon determining to route the outbound traffic to the wide-area network, route the outbound data to the wide-area network via the second physical port;
- and
- wherein the first module includes an indoor unit configured for the satellite internet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.