ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,884, issued on May 20.
"Satellite system with networked gateways" was invented by James Scott (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Scott Sullivan (Los Angeles) and Brian Grubel (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A satellite system may have a constellation of communications satellites that provides services to users with electronic devices such as portable electronic devices and home/office equipment. The satellites may support communications between the electronic devices of the users and gateways. Each gateway may have satellite transceiver circuitry that transmits and receives satellite signals. Each gateway may also have an optical...