Satellite based global paging system
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1. A paging communication system, comprising:
- terrestrial based communication means for communicating paging information to a control means and to at least one of a plurality of selective call receivers, the terrestrial based communication means also for communicating the paging information to a satellite based communication means;
the satellite based communication means for communicating the paging information to at least one of the plurality of selective call receivers and at least some of the terrestrial based communication means;
the control means for determining where to deliver the paging information and operational parameters and operational protocols for delivery of the paging information to the plurality of selective call receivers; and
the plurality of selective call receivers, at least some of which receive the paging information from the satellite based communication means and the terrestrial based communication means.
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Abstract
A satellite based paging communication system comprises a plurality of terrestrial stations capable of communicating the paging information with at least one satellite. The satellite(s), in turn, are capable of communicating the paging information to at least one terrestrial receiver or terrestrial station. Also included is at least one control station for determining where and how to deliver the paging information to one or more of a plurality of terrestrial receivers (pagers), at least some of which are capable of receiving the paging information from one or more of the satellites and one or more of the terrestrial stations.
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1. A paging communication system, comprising:
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terrestrial based communication means for communicating paging information to a control means and to at least one of a plurality of selective call receivers, the terrestrial based communication means also for communicating the paging information to a satellite based communication means; the satellite based communication means for communicating the paging information to at least one of the plurality of selective call receivers and at least some of the terrestrial based communication means; the control means for determining where to deliver the paging information and operational parameters and operational protocols for delivery of the paging information to the plurality of selective call receivers; and the plurality of selective call receivers, at least some of which receive the paging information from the satellite based communication means and the terrestrial based communication means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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16. A paging communication system, comprising:
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a plurality of terrestrial receivers, at least some of which receive paging information from at least one satellite and from at least one of a plurality of terrestrial stations; the plurality of terrestrial stations for communicating the paging information with the at least one satellite, and for adapting the paging information so as to be compatible with at least one of the plurality of terrestrial receivers, wherein the at least one of the plurality of terrestrial receivers operates to monitor the at least one of the terrestrial stations and the at least one satellite; the at least one satellite for communicating the paging information to the at least one of the plurality of terrestrial stations and at least one control station, and further for directly transmitting the paging information to the at least one of the plurality of terrestrial receivers; and the at least one control station for determining where to deliver the paging information and operational parameters and operational protocols to deliver the paging information to the plurality of terrestrial receivers. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method for providing a message to one or more areas on a celestial body, comprising the steps of:
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at any of a plurality of terrestrial stations; (a) receiving the message; (b) transmitting the message to a control station; at the control station; (a) receiving the message; (b) determining where to deliver the message and operational parameters and operational protocols for delivering the message; (c) transmitting the message to at least one of a plurality of satellites orbiting the celestial body; at any of the plurality of satellites; (a) receiving the message from the control station; (b) determining whether to transmit the message toward the celestial body or another one of the plurality of satellites; (c) transmitting the message in accordance with the determination of step (b). - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A communication system operative on a celestial body having a plurality of individuals thereon, at least one of the plurality of individuals having a selective call receiver for receiving a message from at least one terrestrial station and from a satellite network comprising at least one satellite orbiting the celestial body, the communication system comprising:
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the at least one terrestrial station positioned on the celestial body for communicating the message received from the satellite network orbiting the celestial body to the at least one of the plurality of individuals having the selective call receiver and for communicating the message to a control means via the satellite network; the control means for receiving the message, determining where and operational parameters and operational protocols for delivering the message to the at least one of the plurality of individuals having the selective call receiver, and for transmitting the message to the satellite network orbiting the celestial body; and the satellite network comprising the at least one satellite orbiting the celestial body and arranged to communicate the message toward at least a portion of the celestial body for reception by one of a group consisting essentially of the at least one of the plurality of individuals having the selective call receiver and the at least one terrestrial station. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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