DIRECT SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
First Claim
1. A system for automatically sending an alarm message from a remote location in real time, comprising:
- (a) a remote installation at the remote location, said remote installation featuring;
(i) a remote equipment, (ii) a remote monitoring device for automatically monitoring a function of said remote equipment, such that if said remote equipment malfunctions, the alarm message is issued;
(iii) a remote transmitter for packaging the alarm message in an alarm packet and for transmitting said alarm packet;
(b) a satellite for receiving said alarm packet, for analyzing said alarm packet to determine a destination address for said alarm packet, and for sending said alarm packet at least to said destination address; and
(c) a central management station having said destination address and featuring a receiver for receiving said alarm packet, and for analyzing said alarm packet to retrieve the alarm message.
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Abstract
A system and a method for direct communication between a remote ground transceiver and the intended recipient, such as a management station, through a satellite. The disclosed system and method are particularly useful for the rapid transmission of short messages, such as alarm messages, from equipment at remote sites to the management station. Optionally and preferably, messages can also be passed from the management station to the remote site, for example in order to transmit a command, such that a human supervisor at the management station would be able to respond to the alarm message. The messages are rapidly transmitted by passing directly from the satellite to the final recipient The satellite optionally determines the information necessary for billing and optionally passes this information to a ground center for sending the bill to the client. In addition, the messages are optionally encrypted by the transmitter and/or the satellite, such that the message can then be broadcast to all receivers but only decrypted by a receiver with the proper key. Thus, the method and system are able to unlink the process of sending the message to a gateway from the process of transmitting the information to the final recipient, thereby increasing the speed at which the information is transferred
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24 Claims
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1. A system for automatically sending an alarm message from a remote location in real time, comprising:
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(a) a remote installation at the remote location, said remote installation featuring;
(i) a remote equipment, (ii) a remote monitoring device for automatically monitoring a function of said remote equipment, such that if said remote equipment malfunctions, the alarm message is issued;
(iii) a remote transmitter for packaging the alarm message in an alarm packet and for transmitting said alarm packet;
(b) a satellite for receiving said alarm packet, for analyzing said alarm packet to determine a destination address for said alarm packet, and for sending said alarm packet at least to said destination address; and
(c) a central management station having said destination address and featuring a receiver for receiving said alarm packet, and for analyzing said alarm packet to retrieve the alarm message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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14. A method for transmitting a message in real time from a transmitter to a receiver through a satellite, the method comprising the steps of
(a) packaging the message in a packet, said packet featuring a source address for the transmitter, and a destination address for the receiver; -
(b) transmitting said packet from the transmitter to the satellite;
(c) analyzing said packet by the satellite to determine said destination address for the receiver;
(d) sending said packet by the satellite to the receiver;
(e) examining said packet by the receiver to determine if said destination address matches a source address for the receiver; and
(f) if said destination address matches said source address for the receiver, extracting the message from said packet by the receiver.
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24. The method of claim 41, wherein said packet is an alarm packet, the transmitter is at a remote installation and the receiver is at a central management station, such that said alarm packet indicates a malfunction of said remote installation.
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