Miniaturized Satellite Transceiver
First Claim
1. A miniaturized satellite transceiver for communicating with a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and a communications satellite comprising:
- a 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 for controlling an operation of the GPS receiver and the satellite modem.
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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.
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36 Claims
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1. A miniaturized satellite transceiver for communicating with a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and a communications satellite comprising:
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a 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 for controlling an operation of the GPS receiver and the satellite modem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for communicating between a transport unit and an Earth station via a communications satellite comprising:
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providing a miniaturized satellite transceiver comprising;
receiving, by a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, communications from a GPS satellite, transmitting and receiving, by a satellite modem, communications from the communications satellite, and controlling, by an operating system, an operation of the GPS receiver and the satellite modem;
creating, by the operating system, a communications transmission packet; and
sending, by the satellite modem, the communications transmission packet to the Earth station via the communications satellite. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A mobile satellite transceiver system for communicating with a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and a communications satellite comprising:
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a miniaturized satellite transceiver comprising;
(a) a GPS receiver configured to receive communications from the GPS satellite, (b) a satellite modem configured to transmit and receive communications from the communications satellite, and (c) a first operating system for controlling an operation of the GPS receiver and the satellite modem and communicating with the mobile satellite transceiver system; and
a second operating system for controlling an operation of the mobile satellite transceiver and communicating with the miniaturized satellite transceiver system. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An in-flight transceiver system for communicating information securely at a high data rate between an in-flight unit and a ground unit comprising:
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an antenna;
a miniaturized satellite transceiver housed in an aviation box conforming to a one-half, half short Air Transport Rack (ATR) form factor, the miniaturized satellite transceiver comprising;
(a) a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver configured to receive communications from a GPS satellite, (b) a satellite modem configured to transmit and receive communications from a communications satellite, and (c) an operating system for controlling an operation of the GPS receiver and the satellite modem; and
a switch between the aviation box and the antenna for controlling a data signal between the antenna and the miniaturized satellite transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A miniaturized satellite transceiver for communicating with a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and a communications satellite comprising:
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a 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 for controlling an operation of the GPS receiver and the satellite modem;
wherein the communications transmitted and received by the satellite modem comprises GPS coordinates and a text message.
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36. A miniaturized satellite transceiver for communicating with a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite and a communications satellite comprising:
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means for receiving communications from the GPS satellite;
means for transmitting and receiving communications from the communications satellite; and
means for controlling an operation of the GPS receiver and the satellite modem.
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