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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2007
Greg Handermann, Lovettsville, VA (US);
Leslie Snively, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Paul Ebert, Potomac, MD (US);
James Mastropole, Great Falls, VA (US);
Christopher Thorne, Columbia, MD (US);
David Rampersad, Frederick, MD (US);
Farhad Verahrami, North Potomac, MD (US);
Greg Handermann, Lovettsville, VA (US);
Leslie Snively, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Paul Ebert, Potomac, MD (US);
James Mastropole, Great Falls, VA (US);
Christopher Thorne, Columbia, MD (US);
David Rampersad, Frederick, MD (US);
Farhad Verahrami, North Potomac, MD (US);
Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
Described is a miniaturized satellite transceiver for communicating with a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and a communications satellite. The miniaturized satellite transceiver includes an integrated GPS receiver configured to receive communications from the GPS satellite, a satellite modem configured to transmit and receive communications from the communications satellite, and an operating system. The miniaturized satellite transceiver is installable in a hand-held device, a mobile satellite transceiver system, or an in-flight transceiver and locator system.