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System for selectively routing data via either a network that supports Internet protocol or via satellite transmission network based on size of the data

  • US 6,385,647 B1
  • Filed: 08/18/1997
  • Issued: 05/07/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for media communication over a network supporting an Internet Protocol from a source computer to one or more destinations through a receiving facility, comprising:

  • receiving data from a source computer destined for one or more destinations;

    selectively routing the data via either a network that supports Internet Protocol or via a satellite transmission network based on a size of the data;

    in response to routing the data via the satellite transmission network, multicasting the data from the source computer via a satellite utilizing an Internet Protocol to facilitate routing;

    receiving the data at the receiving facility;

    transmitting the data from the receiving facility to each of the destinations via the network that supports Internet Protocol; and

    receiving the data at the one or more destinations with Internet Protocol addresses attached via the network that supports Internet Protocol.

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