US Patent Issued to HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS on Sept. 1 for "Smooth transitioning between generations of systems and devices in a satellite system" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,267, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS LLC (Germantown, Md.).

"Smooth transitioning between generations of systems and devices in a satellite system" was invented by Channasandra Ravishankar (Clarksburg, Md.) and John E. Corrigan III (Chevy Chase, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transition satellite system which includes a legacy satellite system and a new satellite system that incorporates gateway level transition, satellite level transition and carrier level transition. The transition satellite system allows new satellite systems with user terminals, satellites and gateways to be able to coexist with ex...