US Patent Issued to SMARTSKY NETWORKS on Nov. 18 for "Architecture for integration of multiple networks in an air-to-ground context" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,723, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SMARTSKY NETWORKS LLC (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Architecture for integration of multiple networks in an air-to-ground context" was invented by Douglas Hyslop (Vienna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inter-network communication controller may include processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to receive location information associated with an in-flight aircraft being tracked and provided with air-to-ground (ATG) wireless communication services by a first ATG network. The first ATG network may employ beamforming directed to the aircraft to provide the communication service...