Kit for establishing and maintaining communications across disparate networks

• US 8,175,632 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2009
• Issued: 05/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: F4W Incorporated
• Original Assignee: F4W Incorporated
• Inventors: Money, James Keith, DuMas, Phillip James
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US12/463,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20090274089A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,093 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/556.1, 455/410, 725/105
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/1858 Arrangements for data transmission on the physical system, i.e. for data bit transmission between network components

Abstract

A system for establishing and maintaining communications across disparate networks comprises a satellite dish and control unit comprising a network management server and a satellite data conversion component. The control unit may further comprise an application server and a satellite dish alignment component. The system may further comprise at least one access point and a plurality of wireless routers. In certain embodiments, the system is relatively easy to deploy and can even be used when traditional network infrastructure is unavailable.

Claims

1. A kit for establishing and maintaining communications across disparate networks comprising:

a network management server comprising a wireless network interface, a wired network interface and an Internet network interface, the network management server comprising a firewall process for filtering incoming and outgoing communications and a routing process for routing communications to at least a wireless network, a wired network and the Internet through the wireless network interface, the wired network interface and the Internet network interface; and

a satellite data conversion component in communication with the network management server, the satellite data conversion component adapted to convert data received from the wireless network into a format recognizable by a satellite and wherein the network management server is operable in the absence of a fixed network infrastructure upon in-field deployment.

2. The kit of claim 1, further comprising an application server comprising a plurality of application sub-processes including video and audio sub-processes for video and audio communication and file transfer sub-process for transferring files over the disparate networks.

3. The kit of claim 1, further comprising a satellite dish alignment component, wherein the satellite data conversion component and the satellite dish alignment component are connected to the network management server.

4. The kit of claim 1, further comprising instructions for using the kit in a system for establishing and maintaining communications across disparate networks.