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Satellite positioning system receivers and methods

US7969356B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateSep 13, 2005
Grant dateJun 28, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S19/34
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A satellite positioning system receiver programmed to determine information for a satellite using ephemeris data (710), determine information for the same satellite using almanac data (722), which may have been previously stored on the receiver, to determine an error between the satellite information determined from the ephemeris data and the satellite information determined from the stored almanac data (730), and to update the stored almanac data based upon the error (734).

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