ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,560, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Virtual transponder utilizing inband commanding" was invented by Robert J. Winig (Chicago), Kristina Miller (Chicago) and Eric Anden (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatus for a virtual transponder utilizing inband commanding are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a disclosed method comprises receiving, by a payload antenna on a vehicle via a hosted receiving antenna, encrypted hosted commands transmitted from a hosted payload (HoP) operation center (HOC). The method further comprises receiving, by the vehicle, encrypted ho...