Appeal 2007-1267
Application 09-967617
Appellants’ invented a method and system for distributing television
signals using satellites, cell towers and stratospheric platforms. In the words
of the Appellants:
In a further aspect of the invention, a method for operating a
communication system comprises the steps of:
forming a plurality of multiple communication links directed to
a communication infrastructure including at least two devices from
the group including a cell tower, a first satellite constellation and a
second satellite constellation, a stratospheric platform
dividing a communication into a plurality of datagrams;
routing the plurality of datagrams through the plurality of
multiple communication links;
directing the datagrams from the said at least two devices to a
gateway station; and
reassembling the datagrams into the communication.
Claim 1 is exemplary:
1. A television broadcasting system comprising:
a communication infrastructure;
a gateway station communicating a television signal to said
communication infrastructure;
a user terminal establishing a plurality of multiple dynamic links
corresponding to said communication infrastructure;
2 Claim 9 has been indicated as being allowable if rewritten in independent
form. (Final Rej. 14).
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