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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
James W. Jensen, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Daniel Linnihan, Richfield, MN (US);
Colin Gardner-springer, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Amy Lynn Stifter, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
James W. Jensen, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Daniel Linnihan, Richfield, MN (US);
Colin Gardner-Springer, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Amy Lynn Stifter, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Satcom Direct, Inc., Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
An automated communication system for communicatively connecting a caller with a communications device to an space craft. The system includes a port for accepting a call and a call management program that uses a spacecraft identifier to automatically effect the communication to the space craft via a ground earth station and a satellite. The satellite retransmits the communication to a dedicated spacecraft receiver in the space craft. The system provides Internet-based call monitoring and billing capabilities. The system reduces cost and overall connection time by using the Internet to verify the spacecraft's flying status through the ground station databases before initiating a call.