Abstract: There is provided a satellite dish system for comprising a satellite dish mount providing an operable position and a stored position, a controller for effecting position changes for the satellite dish mount and a modem connected to the controller for coupling a computer to a data network via a communications satellite. There is also provided a method of aligning a satellite dish comprising the steps of determining satellite elevation in dependence upon geographic position, rotating the satellite dish at the determined elevation to locate a desired satellite, detecting a signal from the desired satellite and incrementally adjusting rotation and elevation of the satellite dish in dependence upon signal strength.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 11, 2007
Publication date:
July 3, 2008
Applicant:
MOBILESAT COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Inventors:
Jason Allen, Orrin Thomas Lind, Benny Borgman, Darrell Graeme Booth