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Method and apparatus for testing emergency locator beacons incorporating over the air responses back to the emergency locator beacon

  • US 9,197,316 B1
  • Filed: 08/06/2013
  • Issued: 11/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for testing a 406 MHz emergency locator beacon:

  • accessing a website for testing said beacon;

    registering said beacon by entering requested information on said website, including a beacon identification number (ID) and payment information;

    receiving, at said beacon testing service, said requested information;

    processing, at said beacon testing service, a payment corresponding to said payment information;

    registering said beacon identification number for a testing program activating said beacon for testingtransmitting, from said beacon, a signal containing said beacon identification number;

    receiving, on a Cospas-Sarsat satellite, said signal containing said beacon identification number;

    relaying said signal from said Cospas-Sarsat satellite to a Local User Terminal (LUT);

    transferring said signal from said LUT to a Data Hub;

    processing, at said Data Hub, said signal by matching said received beacon identification number with said requested information;

    sending test information from said Data Hub to a back end service provider server;

    matching, by way of said back end service provider server, said beacon identification number with an International Mobile Equipment Identity number of said beacon;

    sending, by way of the Internet, a return message from said back end service provider server to a satellite server;

    transmitting said return message from said satellite server to a commercial satellite by way of a commercial satellite gateway;

    transmitting said return message to said beacon by way of said commercial satellite; and

    providing, on said beacon, a successful test result.

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