Automatic multi-generational data caching and recovery

• US 9,172,481 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2013
• Issued: 10/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Appareo Systems LLC (AGCO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Appareo Systems LLC (AGCO Corporation)
• Inventors: Johnson, Jeffrey L., Butts, Nicholas L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bassett, Daniel G
• Application Number:
  US13/946,826
• Publication Number:
  US 20140024395A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0017 Arrangements for implementing traffic-related aircraft activities, e.g. arrangements for generating, displaying, acquiring or managing traffic information head-up displays G02B27/01; ground or aircraft-carrier-deck-installations B64F
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0021 located in the aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/40 Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

An electronic system comprising a receiver module and a mobile device, whereby the receiver module is capable of receiving data transmissions from a network of ground stations and buffering the data for future use, and whereby the receiver module provides a means for making requests for access to this buffered data, and the mobile device is capable of generating requests to the receiver module in order to access the buffered data and of displaying the data or playing the data to an operator.

Claims

1. A transmission storing and display system comprising:

a mobile device; and

a receiver module comprising

a radio frequency receiving circuit,

a wireless communications means,

a microprocessor, and

an embedded software program, wherein the embedded software program executes on the microprocessor and controls the operation of the radio frequency receiving circuit and the wireless communication means;

wherein the receiver module is configured for receiving data transmitted from one or more radio transmission sources and storing the data for future use, wherein the radio transmission sources are transmitting the data on one or more radio frequencies, wherein the radio frequency of each data transmission is stored along with the stored data, wherein the mobile device is configured for generating calls to the receiver module over the wireless communication means in order to access the stored data, wherein the receiver module is configured for sending the stored data over the wireless communication means to the mobile device for display or playback, and wherein the mobile device will display information relating to the stored data based on the radio frequency at which it was received; and

wherein the radio frequency receiving circuit is designed to receive transmissions from one of;

     1) an ADS-B system; and

     2) in the frequency range of 108 MHz to 136 MHz.

2. The transmission storing and display system of claim 1 wherein the transmissions from the ADS-B system contain weather-related information, and the mobile device can receive two or more stored transmissions from the receiver module and display them in sequence to create an animated weather display.

3. The transmission storing and display system of claim 1 further comprising two or more antennas, wherein the radio frequency receiving circuit can compare the phase of a signal received on one antenna to the phase of the remaining antennas in order to calculate location information on the source of the signal.