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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2008
David D. Bettinger, Chantilly, VA (US);
Hai Quang Tang, Olney, MD (US);
Christopher Robert Burdick, Damascus, MD (US);
Joseph J. Boone, Fairfax, VA (US);
Gregory Carey Braunberg, Manassas, VA (US);
Hao Cheng, Herndon, VA (US);
Jason B. Maiorana, Vienna, VA (US);
Chao Liu, Fairfax, VA (US);
David D. Bettinger, Chantilly, VA (US);
Hai Quang Tang, Olney, MD (US);
Christopher Robert Burdick, Damascus, MD (US);
Joseph J. Boone, Fairfax, VA (US);
Gregory Carey Braunberg, Manassas, VA (US);
Hao Cheng, Herndon, VA (US);
Jason B. Maiorana, Vienna, VA (US);
Chao Liu, Fairfax, VA (US);
VT Idirect, Inc., Herndon, VA (US);
Abstract
A method of sharing a satellite communication system having a common equipment includes billing a first user for sending a first message using the common equipment over a first satellite link, billing a second user for sending a second message using the common equipment over a second satellite link, wherein the first satellite link is different than the second satellite link, billing a first network operator for billing the first user, and billing a second network operator for billing the second user.