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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. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Applicant:
Charles B. Spinelli, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Inventor:
Charles B. Spinelli, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/00 (2010.01); G01S 19/01 (2010.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/01 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H04B 7/18508 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air vehicle comprises a satellite receiver having messaging capability. The receiver is configured to process a command and control (C) message when alternative communications are required. The air vehicle further comprises avionics for taking a course of action according to instructions in a Cmessage received by the satellite receiver.