US Patent Issued to Caliola Engineering on May 19 for "Satellite communications antenna pointing for positioning" (Colorado, Idaho, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,716, issued on May 19, was assigned to Caliola Engineering LLC (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

"Satellite communications antenna pointing for positioning" was invented by Peter A. Parker (Sandpoint, Idaho), Thomas R. Halford (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Van A. Hovenga (Berkley, Calif.) and Adam T.C. Wilander (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A residual position correction for one or more non-geolocational satellites is formed by observing through signal reception, from a known location, orbital attributes. Using the residual position correction, the actual position of one or more non-geolocational satellites is determined. ...