Information management and control system
First Claim
1. ) A system for receiving certain positional and other information from selected users, selected locations, and at selected times, having a certain error, for determining the amount of the certain error, and for selectively disseminating the determined amount of the certain error to the selected users at the selected locations at the selected time.
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Abstract
A system 10 which is adapted to receive global positioning signals 14 from a satellite assembly 12 and which determines, displays, and selectively disseminates that error associated with the received signals to selected users at selected locations and at selected times. The system 10 also provides several other applications, including but not limited to the acquisition and selectively display of selective weather information, physical attributes of a facility, such as an airport, time distribution, collection and dissemination of user information as well as allowing one to simulate the performance of a global positioning acquisition and dissemination system. Such a simulation allows a user to dynamically specify the location and movement of signal generating satellites, the location of the various ground or reception stations, and to display certain other attributes or desired system characteristics. The simulation efficiently recognizes monitored ionospheric ground points which are used to allow for a more accurate overall simulation that can be delivered to selected users at selected locations and at selected times.
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- 1. ) A system for receiving certain positional and other information from selected users, selected locations, and at selected times, having a certain error, for determining the amount of the certain error, and for selectively disseminating the determined amount of the certain error to the selected users at the selected locations at the selected time.
- 13. ) A system which receives global satellite information including GPS, Glonas, Galilieo, GEOs, etc. and which provides several applications based upon the received global satellite information, each of said applications operatively residing within similar, but unique computer systems to reduce software development and integration costs and to maintain flexibility for customers.
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22. ) An assembly for simulating the operation of a global positioning information acquisition and dissemination system to/from selected users at selected locations and selected times, including several selectively movable and un-movable satellites and several ground reception stations, said assembly including a controller which operates under stored program control and which receives the position of said selected ground reception stations and said selectively movable and other satellites and which utilizes said received information selectively to simulate the operation of said system in real time for selected users at selected locations and at selected times.
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23. ) A method comprising the steps of receiving selected information;
- determining the amount of error associated with the received selected information; and
displaying the amount of said determined selected error so that aircraft, vehicles, trains boats and other transportation systems can be controlled when necessary at the selected locations and at selected times. - View Dependent Claims (24)
- determining the amount of error associated with the received selected information; and
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25. ) A method for determining the identify of available ionospheric grid points, said method comprising the steps of selecting ionospheric pierce points;
- creating cells by use of said selected ionspheric pierce points;
recognizing the corners of each of said created selected cells;
discarding certain of said cells, thereby forming a residual group of selected and required cells; and
identifying said available ionspheric grid points by use of said residual group of cells and then disseminating the information to selected users at selected locations and at selected times. - View Dependent Claims (26)
- creating cells by use of said selected ionspheric pierce points;
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