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(12) Unlted States Patent
(10) Patent No.:
Nowak et a]. (54)
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(45) Date of Patent:
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SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING N-TIERED ENTERPRISE/WEB-BASED MANAGEMENT, PROCEDURE
5,878,345 A 5,878,346 A 5,940,739 A
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Dayton, NJ (US); Manoj K. Chauhan, Delran, NJ (US); Christopher Taylor,
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Neptune, NJ (US); Anthony William
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Massaro, ErWinna, PA (Us); J 01111
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Philip Schramm, Doylestown, PA (US); Kevin John Moscatiello, Port Jervis,
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Asslgneez SES Amencom’ Inc" chamlny’ VA (US)
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Primary ExamineriThomas Black
(21) Appl. No.. 10/977,402
Assistant ExamineriShelle
(22) Filed:
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ABSTRACT
An N-Tiered enterprise and/or N-Tiered Web-based enter
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prise system and methods for managing, monitoring, coordi nating the procedures of and optionally controlling a ?eet of
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geosynchronous satellites through a distributed network such as the Internet. The system and associated object oriented
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software architecture seamlessly supports monitoring and
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analyzing real-time, near real-time, historical/playback, _simulated and archived satellite telemetry as Well as Track
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