Satellite communication card
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1. A satellite transceiver for a personal computer, comprising:
- a card that plugs into the personal computer that includes;
a transmitting section transmitting radio frequency signals responsive to data received from an industry standard bus in the computer, and a receiving section receiving radio frequency signals and converting the received signals to data for transfer to the industry standard bus in the computer; and
a PCI to PCI bridge that couples industry standard buses in both the receiving section and the transmitting section with the industry standard bus in the personal computer.
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Abstract
A transceiver card for a personal computer includes a single circuit board that plugs into the personal computer and that is coupled to exchange data via an industry-standard bus in the personal computer. Radio frequency modulation circuitry on the circuit board receives the data and transmits radio frequency signals responsive thereto. Receiver circuitry receives radio frequency signals and converts the received signals to data for transfer via the bus. In an alternative configuration, the transceiver includes two circuit boards coupled to a USB bus within an external box. Data is exchanged with the computer through a USB port in the computer.
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41 Claims
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1. A satellite transceiver for a personal computer, comprising:
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a card that plugs into the personal computer that includes;
a transmitting section transmitting radio frequency signals responsive to data received from an industry standard bus in the computer, and a receiving section receiving radio frequency signals and converting the received signals to data for transfer to the industry standard bus in the computer; and
a PCI to PCI bridge that couples industry standard buses in both the receiving section and the transmitting section with the industry standard bus in the personal computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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12. A satellite transceiver for a personal computer, the personal computer having a USB port, the transceiver comprising:
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a transmitter card that resides in a box external to the computer and that transmits radio frequency signals responsive to data received from the personal computer via the USB port; and
a receiver card that resides in the external box and that receives radio frequency signals and converts the received signals to data for transfer to the personal computer via the USB port.
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26. A method for transmitting and receiving signals between a satellite and a personal computer having a USB port, the method comprising steps of:
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coupling a transmitter card that resides in a box external to the personal computer to a USB hub through a portion of a USB bus;
coupling the USB hub to the USB port;
transmitting a radio frequency signal from the transmitter card responsive to data received from the USB port;
coupling a receiver card that resides in the box to the USB hub through another portion of the USB bus;
receiving the radio frequency signal in the receiver card; and
converting the radio frequency signal to data for transfer to the USB port.
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34. A method for transmitting and receiving signals between a satellite and a personal computer, the method comprising steps of:
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coupling a single transceiver card to an industry-standard bus in the computer;
transmitting a radio frequency signal from the single transceiver card responsive to data from the bus; and
receiving radio frequency signal transmitted to the single transceiver card and converting the received radio frequency signals to data for transfer to the bus.
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