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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Windmill International, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Richards, Hollis, NH (US);

George Davison, Nashua, NH (US);

Assignee:

Windmill International, Inc., Nashua, NH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/1257 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1264 (2013.01); H01Q 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of receiving a satellite signal using a satellite dish connected to a receiver, the method includes a peak identification stage including automatically sweeping the satellite dish to identify peaks of satellite signals received by the receiver having a center frequency matching the center frequency of the satellite signal, a peak evaluation stage including automatically evaluating one or more said peaks by determining the bandwidth thereof and choosing the peak having a bandwidth matching the bandwidth of the satellite signal, and a signal strength maximizing stage including automatically sweeping the satellite dish until the signal strength of a satellite signal having said bandwidth is maximized.


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