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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/16 ;
Abstract
A data distribution method and apparatus have a satellite communication line (,) for transmitting data to a receiver and a ground line (,) for transmitting a data distribution request and a transmission confirmation pattern to a transmitter, a transmission confirmation designation device (,) in the transmitter for designating the transmission confirmation pattern, and a transmission confirmation processing device (,) for performing the transmission confirmation process according to a transmission confirmation method indicated by the transmitter.