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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1999
Jerome D. Toporek, Venice, CA (US);
David C. Palter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jeremy A. McCooey, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Marc B. Hasson, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Timothy W. Hartrick, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Kay A. Guyer, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mentat Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
According to the present invention a telecommunications system for providing transport of packetized information over large distances. The system includes a first satellite station gateway for providing a bi-directional flow of information using a connection over a satellite network to a second satellite gateway. The system uses a gateway that translates the information using the TCP protocol into information using a satellite protocol, which is suitable for transmission of such information over the satellite network.