Patents by Inventor Brian M. Daniel

Brian M. Daniel 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 a mapping receiver
    Patent number: 6400927
    Abstract: A satellite ground station (500) mitigates potential interference from a fixed service installation (130, 150) by scanning a field of view and logging potentially interfering transmitters in a data structure (400). The data structure includes fields for azimuth, elevation, and frequency channel, and when complete, forms a map of potentially interfering transmitters within the field of view of the ground station. When a satellite traverses the field of view such that the ground station may interfere with, or be interfered with by, a known potentially interfering transmitter as identified in the map, the ground station takes mitigation measures such as changing frequency channels or handing-off to a different satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Daniel, Curtis L. Cornils, Keith A. Olds, Ray O. Waddoups