Mobile communicator and method of communicating data with a mobile communicator
AssigneeGogo Business Aviation LLC
InventorSean Scott Cordone
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Abstract
A method and system facilitate communication between a constellation of satellites and a mobile platform-mounted mobile communicator. The method and system may include the use of a first antenna suited for operation using a first frequency band in a first geographic region and a second antenna suited for operation using either the first or a second frequency band in a second geographic region. The method and system may use a controller to determine which antenna to activate based on one or more of a geographic indicator or a signal indicator. The system used by the method to facilitate the communication may have one or more enclosures over the antennas and controller for mounting to a mobile platform.
Claims20
A mobile communicator comprising:
- a first communication portion and a second communication portion, wherein the first communication portion and the second communication portion are configured to communicate data directly with one or more satellites;
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- a controller configured to:
- (i) cause the first communication portion to communicate data with or without causing the second communication portion to communicate data,
- (ii) test communication via the second communication portion while continuing to communicate data via the first communication portion,
- (iii) compare a first signal associated with use of the first communication portion and a second signal associated with use of the second communication portion, and
- (iv) based on and/or in response to at least the comparison of the first and second signals, at least temporarily suspend at least some communication via the first communication portion and cause the second communication portion to communicate data.
A method of communicating with a mobile communicator, the method comprising:
- (i) communicating data via a first communication portion of the mobile communicator with or without communicating data via a second communication portion of the mobile communicator, wherein the first communication portion and the second communication portion are configured to communicate data directly with one or more satellites;
- (ii) testing communication via the second communication portion while continuing to communicate data via the first communication portion;
- (iii) comparing a first signal associated with communicating data via the first communication portion and a second signal associated with communicating data via the second communication portion;
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- (iv) based on and/or in response to at least the comparison of the first and second signals, at least temporarily suspending at least some communication via the first communication portion and causing the second communication portion to communicate data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.