Patent ID: 8077082

Claim:
A method of receiving global positioning system (GPS) signals in a GPS receiver module, the method comprising: receiving GPS signals at a first antenna in the GPS receiver module, the first antenna having a first direction of maximum signal reception; receiving the GPS signals at a second antenna in the GPS receiver module, the second antenna having a second direction of maximum signal reception, the second direction different than the first direction; generating a sensor signal indicative of orientation of the first antenna and the second antenna by an accelerometer; coupling the second antenna to a location processor and disconnecting the first antenna from the location processor based on the sensor signal; coupling the first antenna to the location processor for processing the GPS signals and disconnecting the second antenna from the location processor after coupling the location processor to the second antenna and disconnecting the location processor from the first antenna responsive to the sensor signal dropping below the first threshold; and coupling the location processor to the second antenna and disconnecting the location processor from the first antenna after coupling the location processor to the first antenna and disconnecting the location processor from the second antenna responsive to the sensor signal exceeding a second threshold level higher than a first threshold level.