ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,310, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).
"Communications system having mobile wireless devices that communicate in push-to-talk groups via satellite or ad hoc network link" was invented by Barton B. Polizotto (Purcellville, Va.), John M. Davis (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Sebastian Morana (Haymarket, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A satellite communication system may include a constellation of cross-linked orbiting satellites and a network manager that maintains a database of push-to-talk (PTT) groups. A plurality of mobile wireless devices may each include a satellite transceiver and a WiFi trans...