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Patent US7954127 - Direct broadcast signal distribution methods - Google Patents
A direct broadcast system having a high altitude communication device that transmits broadcast signals, which are received by an antenna, is provided. The system includes an outdoor unit (ODU) electrically coupled to the antenna. The ODU includes a low noise block converter (LNB) that receives and amplifies...http://www.google.com/patents/US7954127?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7954127 - Direct broadcast signal distribution methods
Publication number US7954127 B2
Application number US 10/255,344
Also published as US8732770, US20040060065, US20110231881
Publication number 10255344, 255344, US 7954127 B2, US 7954127B2, US-B2-7954127, US7954127 B2, US7954127B2
Inventors Thomas H. James, Nathan B. Zerbe
Patent Citations (228), Non-Patent Citations (216), Referenced by (9), Classifications (11), Legal Events (3)
Direct broadcast signal distribution methods
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U.S. Classification 725/81, 725/71, 725/78, 725/68
International Classification H04B7/185, H04N7/20, H04N7/18
Cooperative Classification H04N7/20, H04B7/18523
European Classification H04B7/185H, H04N7/20