Patents by Inventor Christopher Alber

Christopher Alber 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).

  • Patent number: 6356232
    Abstract: A Global Positioning System includes a ground monitoring network having a plurality of dual frequency receivers that obtain ionospheric delay measurements to provide double difference ionospheric delay residuals. These double difference delay residuals are converted to zero differences based upon a new mathematical technique. The zero differences are fit to measurement epoch specific and transmitter specific mathematical surfaces (i.e. planes). These planes represent precise ionospheric delay corrections in the area of the ground monitoring network for a specific transmitter at the measurement epoch. The planes are then provided as correction information for use by inexpensive single frequency receivers to obtain highly accurate corrections for single frequency receivers by interpolating the correction planes to the location of the single frequency receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
    Inventors: Christian Rocken, Randolph H. Ware, James M. Johnson, John J. Braun, Christopher Alber, Teresa M. Van Hove