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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:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 04, 1997
James D. Allen, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication signal adapter is connected between a portable satellite signal receiver/decoder and a wireless local area network (LAN) transceiver to enable wireless communication between the portable satellite signal receiver/decoder and a wireless LAN. The adapter includes a modem interface adapter and a communications processor that converts information, such as callback data and viewer statistical data, developed by the satellite signal receiver/decoder in a proprietary format, to a data format that is suitable for transmission via the wireless LAN transceiver and then provides the converted data to the wireless LAN transceiver for communication to the LAN. The adapter also includes a microprocessor that controls text insertion control circuitry which is used to convert data signals, such as text messages, delivered from the wireless LAN into signals that are suitable for display on a television and which also inserts the converted text messages into a video signal developed by the portable satellite signal receiver/decoder for display on a standard television.
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