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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Applicants:
Donald C. D. Chang, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Alan Cha, Glendale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Donald C. D. Chang, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Alan Cha, Glendale, CA (US);
Assignee:
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q007/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for communicating between a user terminal and multiple stratospheric transponder platforms includes the steps of positioning a plurality of stratospheric transponder platforms () in a substantially fixed position () with respect to a user terminal antenna () coupled to a user terminal () and communicating between the user terminal () and at least two of the plurality of stratospheric transponder platforms () concurrently.