Mobile weather reporting systems, apparatus and methods
First Claim
1. A system for providing digital information to a vehicle comprising a GPS system whereby the position of the vehicle on the earth surface can be determined with relative accuracy, a mobile satcom platform with tracking antenna to provide access to a local communications network based on the position of the vehicle determined by the GPS system, said vehicle obtaining from said communications network specific information based on the location of the vehicle as determined by the GPS system.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing digital supplementary flight information which would include more accurate weather maps, ATC traffic alerts, navigation data as well as paperless cockpit manuals/checklists/maps/ATC messages through a computer network such as for example a LAN, a WAN, an Intranet or the Internet.
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- 1. A system for providing digital information to a vehicle comprising a GPS system whereby the position of the vehicle on the earth surface can be determined with relative accuracy, a mobile satcom platform with tracking antenna to provide access to a local communications network based on the position of the vehicle determined by the GPS system, said vehicle obtaining from said communications network specific information based on the location of the vehicle as determined by the GPS system.
- 8. A system for providing digital information to a vehicle comprising a GPS system whereby the position of the vehicle on the earth surface can be determined with relative accuracy, a wireless modem on the vehicle to transmit to a satellite a request for information specific to the location of the vehicle, receiving from said satellite information specific to the location of the vehicle.
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15. A method for providing digital information to a vehicle, said digital information being specific to the location of the vehicle, comprising determining the location of the vehicle on the earth'"'"'s surface using a GPS system, transmitting to a satellite a request for information specific to the location of the vehicle, said satellite in turn submitting the request to a network, accessing information specific to the vehicle from the network based on the location of the vehicle on the earth'"'"'s surface.
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19. A system for providing digital information to a vehicle comprising a GPS system whereby the position of the vehicle on the earth surface can be determined with relative accuracy, a wireless modem on the vehicle to transmit to a satellite a request for information from a network in the vicinity of the location of the vehicle, receiving from said satellite the requested information.
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20. A method for providing digital information to a vehicle, comprising determining the location of the vehicle on the earth'"'"'s surface using a GPS system, transmitting to a satellite a request for information, said satellite in turn submitting the request to a network in the vicinity of said vehicle, accessing information from the network based.
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