[ SATELLITE NETWORK SYSTEMS COMPRISING COMPUTER HARDWARE NETWORKS WITH SOFTWARE SOLD AS A UNIT THEREWITH, SATELLITES, COMPUTERS, SERVERS, FRAME RELAY INTERFACES AND SWITCHES, AND ETHERNET BRIDGES, FOR RECEIVING, TRANSMITTING, STORING, PROCESSING OR REPRODUCING INFORMATION, NAMELY, SOUND, IMAGES, AND DATA; EARTH STATIONS FOR STATIONARY AND MOBILE RADIO NETWORKS; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS, SATELLITE TERMINALS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DIGITAL AND ANALOG INFORMATION, NAMELY, SOUND, IMAGES, AND DATA; FRAME RELAY SWITCHES, NAMELY, NETWORK JUNCTIONS AND INTERFACES THEREFOR; DATA FEED AND TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR FEEDING AND RECEIVING DIGITAL AND ANALOG INFORMATION, NAMELY, SOUND IMAGES AND DATA IN SATELLITE BASED TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; INTERFACE APPARATUS, NAMELY, MULTIPLEXER, ROUTER, GATEWAY, OR BRIDGE FOR DIGITAL AND ANALOG INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH TERRESTRIAL WIDE AREA NETWORKS, METROPOLITAN AND LOCAL AREA NETWORKS AND FOR FEEDING AND RECEIVING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS TO/FROM FREQUENCY CONVERTERS, AMPLIFIERS AND ANTENNAS; SATELLITE BASED INFORMATION AND DATA TRANSMISSION NETWORKS, VIDEO AND TELECONFERENCE APPARATUS, NAMELY, VIDEO CAMERAS, VIDEO DISPLAYS, DOCUMENT CAMERAS, VIDEO CONFERENCE CONTROLLERS ] * SATELLITE NETWORK SYSTEMS OFFERING TWO WAY INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION, FORWARD AND RETURN LINK OVER SATELLITE, EXCLUDING STAND-ALONE DECODERS FOR TV, STAND-ALONE SET-TOP BOXES FOR TV AND STAND-ALONE PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDERS FOR TV, AND EXCLUDING PRIVATE CONSUMERS OR BUSINESSES THAT SUPPLY STAND-ALONE DECODERS FOR TV, STAND-ALONE SET-TOP BOXES FOR TV AND STAND-ALONE PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDERS FOR TV TO PRIVATE CONSUMERS *