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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2012
Cliff Biffle, Berkeley, CA (US);
Richard Wayne Devaul, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Weaver, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anton Valdemar Staaf, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Teller, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Cassidy, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Cliff Biffle, Berkeley, CA (US);
Richard Wayne DeVaul, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joshua Weaver, Mountain View, CA (US);
Anton Valdemar Staaf, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Teller, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael Cassidy, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A balloon envelope with an integrated receiver. In an example embodiment, a balloon includes: (i) an envelope including one or more signal passing sections, each of the one or more signal-passing sections being configured to allow a signal to pass through; (ii) at least one signal receiver corresponding to a particular one of the one or more signal passing sections; and (iii) at least one signal-directing surface located within the envelope and corresponding to the particular one of the one or more signal-passing sections, the at least one signal-directing surface being configured to receive the signal and direct the signal towards the at least one signal receiver.