Patent ID: 7642961
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: H01Q,H04B

Abstract:
1. A method of operating an antenna positioning system, the method comprising: in a computer system, receiving a selection of a first antenna system and a second antenna system, and in response, determining a first directional azimuth for the first antenna system and a second directional azimuth for the second antenna system to point the first antenna system and the second antenna system at one another; in the computer system, retrieving license data for the first antenna system and the second antenna system and determining if the first antenna system is licensed for the first directional azimuth and if the second antenna system is licensed for the second directional azimuth; in the computer system, if the first antenna system is not licensed for the first directional azimuth, then indicating that the first antenna system is not licensed for the first directional azimuth, and if the second antenna system is not licensed for the second directional azimuth, then indicating that the second antenna system is not licensed for the second directional azimuth; in the computer system, if the first antenna system is licensed for the first directional azimuth and if the second antenna system is licensed for the second directional azimuth, then transferring a first control signal indicating the first directional azimuth and transferring a second control signal indicating the second directional azimuth; in the first antenna system, receiving the first control signal, and in response, positioning the first antenna system to the first directional azimuth; and in the second antenna system, receiving the second control signal, and in response, positioning the second antenna system to the second directional azimuth.