ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,250, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Seattle).
"System to determine antenna pointing direction" was invented by Marcos Bruno Saldanha Tavares (Bothell, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A satellite provides communication between user terminals (UTs) and ground stations that connect to other networks, such as the Internet. The satellite uses a direction beam to transmit a beacon signal to particular areas on the Earth. To establish initial contact with a satellite, a UT searches for the beacon signal using a phased array or other steerable antenna with a directional receive pattern. While searching, a set...