DIRECT BROADCAST IMAGING SATELLITE SYSTEM APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME, CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF EARTH FROM GEOSTATIONARY EARTH ORBIT AND RELATED SERVICES - Patent 1228644

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EP 1 228 644 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.05.2001

(43)	Date of publication:
	07.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/32

(21)	Application number: 00976533.0

(22)	Date of filing: 26.06.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04N 7/18

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0016/295

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0105/041 (18.01.2001 Gazette 2001/03)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

25.06.1999 US 344358
29.03.2000 US 192893 P
18.05.2000 US 205155 P

(71)	Applicant: Astrovision International, Inc.
	Bethesda, MD 20814 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	LECOMPTE, malcolm A. Diamondhead MS 39525 (US) HEWINS, Michael Belvedere, CA 94920 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hedges, Martin Nicholas et al
	A.A. Thornton & Co.235 High Holborn London WC1V 7LE London WC1V 7LE (GB)

(54)	DIRECT BROADCAST IMAGING SATELLITE SYSTEM APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REAL-TIME, CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF EARTH FROM GEOSTATIONARY EARTH ORBIT AND RELATED SERVICES