Mobile interactive satellite services

• US 10,979,160 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2016
• Issued: 04/13/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DBSD Corporation (Dish Network Corporation)
• Original Assignee: DBSD Corporation (Dish Network Corporation)
• Inventors: Zufall, David Robert, Mulford, Gerard Daniel, Raab, Stefan Bernard, Sorond, Mariam Aghdasi, Le Maitre, Marcus John
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan, Yuwen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Paul P
• Application Number:
  US15/055,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20160182169A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,870 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0408 using two or more beams, i.e. beam diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/155 Ground-based stations H04B7/204 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18526 Arrangements for data linking, networking or transporting, or for controlling an end to end session data switching networks H04L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18536 Shadowing compensation therefor, e.g. by using an additional terrestrial relay
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18567 Arrangements for providing additional services to the basic mobile satellite telephony service
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18591 Arrangements for interconnecting multiple systems data switching networks H04L12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/19 Earth-synchronous stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/195 Non-synchronous stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/22 Arrangements for broadcast of identical information via plural broadcast systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/18 for broadcast or conference , e.g. multicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4025 where none of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. downloading a file in a parallel FTP session, initiating an email or combinational services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/28 using beam steering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A system for providing mobile interactive satellite services includes a satellite operable to communicate with mobile units, a terrestrial base transceiver station operable to communicate with mobile units, and a ground station in communication with the satellite and the terrestrial base transceiver station to provide mobile interactive satellite services. The mobile interactive satellite services include a multicast component and an interactive component such that the ground station provides both the multicast component and the interactive component using the satellite, with the terrestrial base transceiver station used to provide an ancillary terrestrial component. A device for communicating with a mobile interactive satellite service system includes an antenna, a transceiver coupled to the antenna and operable to communicate with a mobile interactive satellite service system, a user input device, an output device, a processor unit, and a network interface. The processor unit is coupled to the user input device, the output device, and the transceiver such that the processor is operable to output received information from the transceiver using the output device, to receive interactive information from the user input device, and to transmit data based on the received interactive information using the transceiver. The network interface is coupled to the processor such that the processor is operable to side load information.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

an antenna;

a modem coupled to the antenna and operable to communicate information using a first multicast component and an interactive component of a mobile interactive satellite service; and

a processor unit coupled to a user input device, an output device, and the modem, operable to;

output received information from the modem using the output device;

receive interactive information from the user input device; and

using the first multicast component of the mobile interactive satellite service, transmit first multicast data directly to two or more second mobile devices; and

receive second multicast data directly from the two or more second mobile devices.

2. The mobile device of claim 1,

wherein the modem is operable to transmit the first multicast data using a terrestrial component of the mobile interactive satellite service;

and

wherein the modem is operable to receive the second multicast data from at least one of the two or more second mobile devices using the terrestrial component of the mobile interactive satellite service.

3. The mobile device of claim 2,

wherein the terrestrial component comprises a terrestrial base transceiver station communicatively coupled to a satellite component via at least one backhaul network.

4. The mobile device of claim 1,

wherein the modem is operable to transmit the first multicast data using a satellite component of the mobile interactive satellite service and over an uplink bandwidth arising between 2000-2020 MHz;

and

wherein the modem is operable to receive the second multicast data using the satellite component of the mobile interactive satellite service and over a downlink bandwidth arising between 2180-2200 MHz.

5. The mobile device of claim 1,

wherein the processor unit is operable to transmit the first multicast data using at least one of a cellular technology, and a satellite communications technology;

and

wherein the processor unit is operable to receive the second multicast data using at least one of the cellular technology and the satellite communications technology used to transmit the first multicast data.

6. The mobile device of claim 1,

wherein the mobile interactive satellite service includes a terrestrial base transceiver station and a satellite;

wherein the mobile device transmits the first multicast data using the terrestrial base transceiver station;

wherein the mobile device receives the second multicast data using the terrestrial base transceiver station; and

wherein broadcast video data is communicated by a ground station to the mobile device and the two or more second mobile devices using the satellite and a Digital Video Broadcasting based technology.

7. The mobile device of claim 1,

wherein the mobile device receives the second multicast data in a first part transmitted using a terrestrial signal and, in a second part transmitted using a satellite signal;

and

wherein the modem is operable to combine the first part with the second part.

8. The mobile device of claim 7,

wherein the first multicast component comprises at least one satellite and at least one terrestrial base station;

and

wherein the modem is operable to give preference to the first part of the second multicast data received in a terrestrial signal over the second part of the second multicast data received in a satellite signal.

9. The mobile device of claim 8,

wherein the first multicast data is received from a vehicle subsystem;

and

wherein the vehicle subsystem includes at least one of an entertainment system, a navigation system, and a vehicle data bus system.

10. The mobile device of claim 9,

wherein the second multicast data corresponds to the vehicle subsystem;

and

wherein the processor unit is operable to use the second multicast data to update the vehicle subsystem.

11. The mobile device of claim 1,

wherein the mobile device is operable to transmit, using an interactive component of the mobile interactive satellite service, the interactive information to at least one of the two or more second mobile devices.

12. The mobile device of claim 11,

wherein the processor unit facilitates seamless interactive services on the mobile device by coordinating transmitting and receiving of the first multicast data, the second multicast data, and the interactive information.

13. The mobile device of claim 1,

wherein the first multicast data is provided by a first mobile services application executed by the processor unit;

and

wherein the second multicast data is provided by a second mobile services application executed by a second processor on one of the two or more second mobile devices.

14. In a vehicle, a method for interacting with a mobile interactive satellite service, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first mobile unit, first information from a vehicle communication bus;

wherein the first information corresponds to a mobile services application facilitated by a mobile interactive satellite service; and

wherein the mobile interactive satellite service includes a first terrestrial multicast component and an interactive satellite component;

directly transmitting, by the first mobile unit to at least one second mobile unit, first multicast data related to the first information;

wherein the transmitting of the first multicast data occurs using the first terrestrial multicast component; and

directly receiving second multicast data from the at least one second mobile unit; and

wherein the second multicast data is received via the first terrestrial multicast component used to transmit the first multicast data.

15. The method of claim 14,

wherein the first information includes an air bag deployment notification.

16. The method of claim 15,

wherein the first multicast data includes the air bag deployment notification;

and

wherein the second multicast data is generated by the second mobile unit in response to the air bag deployment notification.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving, by the first mobile unit and in response to the first multicast data, an interactive data signal comprising a request to perform an action on a vehicle system; and

performing the action on the vehicle system.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

transmitting the first information, by an interactive component of the mobile interactive satellite service, from the first mobile unit to the at least one second mobile unit.

19. A mobile device comprising:

a modem;

an antenna; and

a processor unit, coupled to the modem and the antenna;

wherein the modem, the antenna, and the processor unit cooperatively are operable to;

transmit first multicast data directly to two or more second mobile devices; and

receive second multicast data directly from the two or more second mobile devices;

wherein transmitting of the first multicast data and receiving of the second multicast data occur using a first multicast component of a mobile interactive satellite service; and

wherein the mobile interactive satellite service provides the first multicast component by configuring at least one of a terrestrial base station and a satellite to support transmitting of the first multicast data and the receiving of the second multicast data by the mobile device.

20. The mobile device of claim 19,

wherein the mobile interactive satellite service includes an interactive component;

wherein the modem, the antenna and the processor unit are further cooperatively operable to;

transmit interactive information to the two or more second mobile devices using the interactive component of the mobile interactive satellite service;

wherein the first multicast data and the second multicast data are generated by respective mobile service applications; and

wherein transmitting of the first multicast data, receiving of the second multicast data, and transmitting of the interactive information are coordinated by the processor unit to provide a seamless interactive service to a user of the mobile device.