very small aperture terminal satellite communications system comprising antennas, block signal converters, amplifiers, preamplifiers, modulators, transmitters, receivers, modems, encoders, signal decoders, burst demodulators, demodulators, communications processors, LAN adapters, data communication protocol converters, firmware incorporated in the same and software for controlling said system which provides for the two way and one way, point to multipoint transmission of digital voice and dat...

digital audio compression system providing compressed audio signals in digital form for distribution networks using high fidelity audio

SATELLITE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATION HARDWARE FOR PROVIDING HIGH-SPEED, TWO-WAY SATELLITE DATA COMMUNICATION OVER A GLOBAL COMPUTER INFORMATION NETWORK, NAMELY GATEWAYS FOR TRANSLATING AND CONVERTING DATA PROTOCOLS, AND FOR TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRONIC DATA AND MESSAGES, AND RECEIVERS, TRANSMITTERS, MODULATORS, SWITCHES, ENCODERS, DECODERS, SERVERS, FIREWALLS AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERS

computer hardware for providing high speed, two-way satellite data communications over a global computer information network including gateways for translating, for converting data protocols, for transmission, receivers, transmitter, modulators, switches, encoders, decoders, servers, firewalls and network management controllers