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US 2002/0160708 A1Published application
System, apparatus and method for single-channel or multi-channel terrestrial communication
AssigneeXanadoo Company
InventorsJohn Hane, Richard G. Gould
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Abstract
A terrestrial radio system for delivering to consumers data transmission services, Internet services, two-way capabilities and single-channel or multi-channel video programming, including national, regional and local television broadcast signals, as well as an apparatus and method thereof. The terrestrial radio system transmits terrestrial signals at satellite-allocated frequencies while mitigating interference with satellite signals to reuse satellite-allocated frequencies.
Claims163
A single-channel or multi-channel system for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, which comprises:
- a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site for transmitting terrestrial signals at a satellite-allocated frequency selected to mitigate interference with non-terrestrial signals;
- a subscriber antenna at a subscriber location for receiving the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna, said antenna being aligned to mitigate interference with the non-terrestrial signals;
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- processing means at the subscriber location for processing the terrestrial signals into an output.
1 more element
A single-channel or multi-channel system for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, which comprises:
- a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site for transmitting terrestrial signals to the subscriber at a satellite-allocated frequency;
- a subscriber antenna at a subscriber location for receiving the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna, said subscriber antenna and said directional terrestrial antenna being aligned to mitigate interference with satellite signals;
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- processing means at the subscriber location for processing the terrestrial signals into an output.
1 more element
A single-channel or multi-channel system for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, which comprises:
- a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site for transmitting terrestrial signals at a first satellite-allocated frequency;
- a first subscriber antenna at a subscriber location for receiving the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna at the first satellite-allocated frequency;
- a second subscriber antenna at the subscriber location for receiving satellite signals at a second satellite-allocated frequency;
- said second satellite allocated frequency being different from said first satellite-allocated frequency;
- and processing means at the subscriber location for processing the terrestrial signals and the satellite signals into an output.
2 more elements
A single-channel or multi-channel system for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, which comprises:
- a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site for transmitting terrestrial signals at a first satellite-allocated frequency;
- a first subscriber antenna at a subscriber location for receiving the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna at the first satellite-allocated frequency;
- a second subscriber antenna at the subscriber location for receiving satellite signals at a second satellite-allocated frequency;
- said second satellite-allocated frequency being different from said first satellite-allocated frequency;
- processing means at the subscriber location for separately directing the terrestrial signals and the satellite signals to a receiver;
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- selection means at the antenna for selecting a channel from the terrestrial signals and the satellite signals to provide an output.
4 more elements
A single-channel or multi-channel system for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, which comprises:
- a directional terrestrial antenna with a main axis of radiation directed southward at the provider site for transmitting terrestrial signals at a first satellite-allocated frequency and a second satellite allocated frequency, said second satellite-allocated frequency being different from said first satellite-allocated frequency;
- a subscriber antenna at the subscriber location for receiving the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna at the first satellite-allocated frequency and the second satellite-allocated frequency;
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- processing means at the subscriber location for processing said terrestrial signals into an output.
1 more element
A single-channel or multi-channel system for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, which comprises:
- a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site with a main axis of radiation directed southward for transmitting terrestrial signals at a satellite-allocated frequency;
- a first subscriber antenna at the subscriber location aligned in the northward direction for receiving the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna at the satellite-allocated frequency;
- a second subscriber antenna at the subscriber location aligned in the southward direction for receiving satellite signals transmitted at the satellite-allocated frequency;
- disabling means which disables a first feed from the first subscriber antenna or a second feed from the second subscriber antenna in response to selection by the subscriber of a channel from a plurality of channels, said disabling means thereby preventing simultaneous transmission of terrestrial signals and satellite signals to the subscriber;
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- processing means at the subscriber location for processing the terrestrial signals or the satellite signals into an output.
3 more elements
A single-channel or multi-channel system for receiving terrestrial signals at a provider site from a subscriber, which comprises:
- a subscriber antenna at a subscriber location for transmitting the terrestrial signals to the provider site at a satellite-allocated frequency selected to mitigate interference with non-terrestrial signals;
- a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site for receiving the terrestrial signals at the frequency selected to mitigate interference with non-terrestrial signals;
- and processing means at the provider site for processing the terrestrial signals into an output.
A single-channel or multi-channel system for receiving terrestrial signals at a provider site from a subscriber, which comprises:
- a subscriber antenna at a subscriber location for transmitting the terrestrial signals at a satellite-allocated frequency to the provider site;
- a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site for receiving the terrestrial signals from the subscriber at the satellite-allocated frequency;
- said subscriber antenna and said directional terrestrial antenna being aligned to mitigate interference with satellite signals;
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- processing means at the provider site for processing the terrestrial signals into an output.
2 more elements
A single-channel or multi-channel system for receiving terrestrial signals at a provider site from a subscriber, which comprises:
- a subscriber antenna with a main axis of radiation directed northward at a subscriber location for transmitting terrestrial signals to the provider site at a first satellite-allocated frequency and a second satellite-allocated frequency, said second satellite-allocated frequency being different from said first satellite-allocated frequency;
- a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site for receiving terrestrial signals at the first satellite-allocated frequency and the second satellite allocated frequency;
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- processing means at the provider site for processing said terrestrial signals into an output.
1 more element
A single-channel or multi-channel system for transmitting terrestrial signals from a primary provider site to a secondary provider site, which comprises:
- a primary directional terrestrial antenna at the primary provider site for transmitting terrestrial signals at a satellite-allocated frequency to the secondary provider site;
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- a secondary directional terrestrial antenna at the secondary provider site for receiving the terrestrial signals at the satellite-allocated frequency from the primary directional terrestrial antenna, said primary directional terrestrial antenna and said secondary directional terrestrial antenna being aligned to mitigate interference with satellite signals.
A single-channel or multi-channel system for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber, which comprises:
- means for transmitting the terrestrial signals to the subscriber at a satellite-allocated frequency from a provider site without interfering with satellite signals;
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- means for receiving the terrestrial signals at the satellite-allocated frequency at a subscriber location;
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- means for processing the terrestrial signals into an output at the subscriber location.
2 more elements
A method for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber or a plurality of subscribers from a provider site to provide single-channel or multi-channel programming, comprising:
- (a) transmitting terrestrial signals from a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site at a satellite-allocated frequency selected to mitigate interference with non-terrestrial signals;
- (b) receiving at a subscriber antenna at a subscriber location the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna;
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- (c) processing at the subscriber location the terrestrial signals into an output.
1 more element
A method for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, comprising:
- transmitting terrestrial signals at a satellite-allocated frequency from a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site;
- receiving at a subscriber antenna at a subscriber location the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna, said subscriber antenna and said directional terrestrial antenna being aligned to mitigate interference with satellite signals;
- and
- processing at the subscriber location the terrestrial signals into an output.
1 more element
A method for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, comprising:
- transmitting terrestrial signals from a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site at a first satellite-allocated frequency;
- receiving at a first subscriber antenna at a subscriber location the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna at the first satellite-allocated frequency;
- receiving at a second subscriber antenna at the subscriber location satellite signals at a second satellite-allocated frequency;
- said second satellite allocated frequency being different from said first satellite-allocated frequency;
- and
- processing at the subscriber location the terrestrial signals and the satellite signals into an output.
3 more elements
A method for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, comprising:
- (a) transmitting terrestrial signals from a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site at a first satellite-allocated frequency;
- (b) receiving at a first subscriber antenna at a subscriber location the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna at the first satellite-allocated frequency;
- (c) receiving at a second subscriber antenna at the subscriber location satellite signals at a second satellite-allocated frequency;
- said second satellite-allocated frequency being different from said first satellite-allocated frequency;
- (d) separately directing the terrestrial signals and the satellite signals to a receiver;
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- (e) selecting at the receiver a channel from the terrestrial signals and the satellite signals to provide an output at the subscriber location.
4 more elements
A method for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, comprising:
- (a) transmitting terrestrial signals at a first satellite-allocated frequency and a second satellite allocated frequency from a directional terrestrial antenna with a main axis of radiation directed southward from the provider site, said second satellite-allocated frequency being different from said first satellite-allocated frequency;
- (b) receiving at a subscriber antenna at a subscriber location the terrestrial signals at the first satellite-allocated frequency and the second satellite-allocate frequency transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna;
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- (c) processing at the subscriber location said terrestrial signals into an output.
1 more element
A method for transmitting terrestrial signals to a subscriber from a provider site, comprising:
- (a) transmitting terrestrial signals at a satellite-allocated frequency from a directional terrestrial antenna with a main axis of radiation directed southward from the provider site to a subscriber location;
- (b) receiving at a first subscriber antenna aligned in the northward direction at the subscriber location the terrestrial signals transmitted from the directional terrestrial antenna at the satellite-allocated frequency;
- (c) receiving at a second subscriber antenna aligned in the southward direction at the subscriber location satellite signals transmitted at the satellite-allocated frequency;
- (d) disabling a first feed from the first subscriber antenna or a second feed from the second subscriber antenna in response to selection by the subscriber of a channel from a plurality of channels, thereby preventing simultaneous transmission of terrestrial signals and satellite signals to the subscriber;
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- (e) processing at the subscriber location the terrestrial signals or the satellite signals into an output.
3 more elements
A method for receiving terrestrial signals from a subscriber at a provider site, comprising:
- transmitting to the provider site from a subscriber antenna at a subscriber location the terrestrial signals at a satellite-allocated frequency selected to mitigate interference with non- terrestrial signals;
- receiving at a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site the terrestrial signals at the satellite-allocated frequency selected to mitigate interference with non-terrestrial signals;
- and processing at the provider site the terrestrial signals into an output.
A method for receiving terrestrial signals from a subscriber at a provider site, comprising:
- transmitting to the provider site from a subscriber antenna at a subscriber location terrestrial signals at a satellite-allocated frequency;
- receiving at a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site the terrestrial signals from the subscriber at the satellite-allocated frequency;
- said subscriber antenna and said directional terrestrial antenna being aligned to mitigate interference with satellite signals;
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- processing means for processing the terrestrial signals into an output.
2 more elements
A method for receiving terrestrial signals from a subscriber at a provider site, comprising:
- transmitting from a subscriber antenna with a main axis of radiation directed northward at a subscriber location to a provider site terrestrial signals at a first satellite-allocated frequency and a second satellite-allocated frequency, said second satellite-allocated frequency being different from said first satellite-allocated frequency;
- receiving at a directional terrestrial antenna at the provider site terrestrial signals at the first satellite-allocated frequency and the second satellite allocated frequency;
- and processing means at the provider site for processing said terrestrial signals into an output.
A method for transmitting terrestrial signals from a primary provider site to a secondary provider site, which comprises:
- transmitting from a primary directional terrestrial antenna at the primary provider site to the secondary provider site the terrestrial signals at a satellite-allocated frequency;
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- receiving from the primary directional terrestrial antenna at a secondary directional terrestrial antenna at the secondary provider site the terrestrial signals at the satellite-allocated frequency, said primary directional terrestrial antenna and said secondary directional terrestrial antenna being aligned to mitigate interference with satellite signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.