Patents by Inventor Randall Keith Derr

Randall Keith Derr 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).

  • Satellite based commercial and military intercity and intercontinental air traffic control
    Patent number: 6044323
    Abstract: A satellite-based air traffic control system utilizes global-coverage satellite communications network to provide voice and data communication between an air traffic control center and one or more aircraft worldwide. Each aircraft is provided with an airborne navigation location reporting system device which has the capability of determining positional information of the aircraft and to transmit and receive voice and data messages to and from the ATC center via the satellite communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: David Moon Yee, Robert Henry Bickley, Philip John Zucarelli, Theodore Woolley Keller, Jeff Scott Osman, Randall Keith Derr