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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Barry Jay Weber, Carmel, IN (US);
Gary Robert Gutknecht, Noblesville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Barry Jay Weber, Carmel, IN (US);
Gary Robert Gutknecht, Noblesville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 1/22 (2006.01); H04L 29/14 (2006.01); H04H 40/90 (2008.01); H04N 7/20 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/20 (2013.01); H04H 40/90 (2013.01); H04L 41/0668 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for compensating for a satellite gateway failure. There is provided a system comprising a first satellite gateway, and a second satellite gateway () coupled to the first satellite gateway and configured to automatically redistribute transponders assigned to the first satellite gateway to create a new transponder allocation if the first satellite gateway fails.