Patents by Inventor Steven Alterman

Steven Alterman 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 of updating GPS almanac data for satellites not in view
    Patent number: 6915210
    Abstract: A method of updating Global Positioning System almanac data includes steps for obtaining a current satellite almanac for a satellite constellation at a server in a communications infrastructure associated with a wireless device (102), creating a subset of the current satellite almanac in the server that includes satellite almanac data only for fewer than all satellites listed in the current satellite almanac (104), and transmitting the subset of the current satellite almanac from the server to the wireless device (106).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Longhurst, Steven Alterman, Wayne W. Ballantyne, Jose Korneluk
  • Method of updating GPS almanac data for satellites not in view
    Publication number: 20050015200
    Abstract: A method of updating Global Positioning System almanac data includes steps for obtaining a current satellite almanac for a satellite constellation at a server in a communications infrastructure associated with a wireless device (102), creating a subset of the current satellite almanac in the server that includes satellite almanac data only for fewer than all satellites listed in the current satellite almanac (104), and transmitting the subset of the current satellite almanac from the server to the wireless device (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Audrey Longhurst, Steven Alterman, Wayne Ballantyne, Jose Korneluk