Patents by Inventor Estevan Marcial Gonzales

Estevan Marcial Gonzales has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for efficient acquisition and tracking of satellites
    Patent number: 6078286
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for efficiently tracking satellites includes a geosynchronous satellite (10) for transmitting the ephemeris of non-geosynchronous satellites (20, 30) to a ground terminal (50). The ephemeris is computed by the non-geosynchronous satellites (20, 30) or by other means such as a ground station (60). A ground terminal (50) can quickly acquire a non-geosynchronous satellite (20, 30) by receiving fresh ephemeris data from a geosynchronous satellite (10), determining a location of a non-geosynchronous satellite (20, 30), and orienting an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Estevan Marcial Gonzales, Richard Alan Bienz