Patent ID: 7711321
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal system configured to concurrently communicate by at least one antenna with (1) one satellite disposed at a geostationary orbital location and providing both TV broadcast and two-way data communications or (2) at least two satellites located at substantially the same geo-stationary orbital position, with one satellite providing TV broadcast and another satellite providing two-way data communications, said terminal system comprising: a transmit/receive system coupled to said antenna and comprising a transmitter and receiver operative to provide two-way type data communication using a first frequency band with said one satellite, and a receive system coupled to said antenna and comprising a receiver operative to receive TV signals from said same or other satellite; wherein the antenna is adapted for integration into a roof of a mobile vehicle and adjustable in both azimuth and elevation or the antenna is mountable on a mobile vehicle and is adjustable in at least an azimuth, wherein the antenna comprises at least one transmit antenna array or receive antenna array.