Patent ID: 9476715
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G01C,G01S,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for use when directing a mobile satellite terminal from a present location to a target location, the method comprising: (a) obtaining present location information about a present location of a mobile satellite terminal, wherein the mobile satellite terminal comprises a navigational subsystem of an autonomous or semi-autonomous mobile ground-based, marine, airborne, or spaceborne vehicle, and wherein the mobile satellite terminal is configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more satellites; (b) obtaining destination information about a target destination for the mobile satellite terminal, wherein the target destination can be a waypoint destination or a final destination for the mobile satellite terminal; (c) obtaining wireless satellite communication coverage information about wireless satellite communication coverage associated with one or more geographic regions between the present location of the mobile satellite terminal and the target destination for the mobile satellite terminal; and (d) determining, in dependence on the wireless satellite communication coverage information, a navigational route for the mobile satellite terminal that mitigates a probability that the mobile satellite terminal will lose a specific type of communication capability while travelling between the present location of the mobile satellite terminal and the target destination for the mobile satellite terminal,