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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2008
David J. Kuether, Brea, CA (US);
Rick Rosner, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Steven M. Schein, Riverside, CA (US);
Joshua T. Morenstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pichaya Puttorngul, San Francisco, CA (US);
Naoya Edahiro, San Francisco, CA (US);
David J. Kuether, Brea, CA (US);
Rick Rosner, Marina del Rey, CA (US);
Steven M. Schein, Riverside, CA (US);
Joshua T. Morenstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pichaya Puttorngul, San Francisco, CA (US);
Naoya Edahiro, San Francisco, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Various aspects of a portable satellite earth station to facilitate reception of satellite signals and to display audio and video corresponding to the satellite signals are described. According to one example, a portable satellite earth station includes a housing including a base hingably connected to an antenna containing portion, wherein the base includes a compartment; and a receiver/display configured to fit into the compartment in the housing, the receiver/display including a video display portion hingably connected to a receiver portion and movable between a folded position and an unfolded position, wherein the receiver/display may be moved to the unfolded position when the receiver/display is located in the compartment in the housing and the antenna containing portion can be closed into contact with the base over the receiver/display when the receiver/display is in the folded position.