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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank van Diggelen, San Jose, CA (US);
Charles Abraham, San Jose, CA (US);
James W. LaMance, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Global Locate, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/126 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 2/126 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for creating a compact orbit model is described. Satellite tracking data is obtained having a first set of orbit terms that define a first orbit model. The satellite tracking data is formatted to form formatted data having a second set of orbit terms that define a second orbit model. A number of terms in the first set of orbit terms is greater than a number of terms in the second set of orbit terms.