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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald A Paynter, Goleta, CA (US);
Lee Burpee, Goleta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Arbiter Systems Incorporated, Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455 12 ; 58 2 / ; 455 51 ; 375107 ; 368 47 ; 368 85 ;
Abstract
A satellite disseminated time and date code is received and converted into local time signal and displayed. The ground stations scan a frequency spectrum for signals from geosynchronous satellites. Once found, the position and time information from the satellites is used to compute the correct local time.