A method and system for providing high-speed, satellite-based information delivery
is described. Improved communication channel efficiency is accomplished by employing
an asymmetric data flow. The high bandwidth channel capacity of digital satellite
systems is used for the download of large volumes of data. While relatively low
speed communication channels are used for upstream data requests. The use of separate
channels for upstream data and downloaded data provides an increased efficiency
of use for typical internet and other electronic information service subscribers.
A typical user in such systems generally makes relatively short information requests.
These requests are then followed by large amounts of information being transferred
to the user's computer in response to the request The volume of data being downloaded
often causes a capacity overload of typically used land lines. This invention solves
this problem, without becoming prohibitively expensive, by employing digital satellite
dish receivers to receive the high volume of downloaded data and using the relatively
low speed communication channels low volume upstream requests. Moreover, this invention
is designed to interface with all common communication devices as well as being
designed to operate on and with all common computing platforms.
