US 12,088,402 B2
Service connecting antennas to remote regions
Nathan Burns, St. Louis, MO (US); Kevin Cheek, Herndon, VA (US); Michelle Lynn Dobbs, Denver, CO (US); and Matthew Sterling Leese, Springfield, VA (US)
Assigned to Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,852.
Application 17/872,852 is a division of application No. 16/880,681, filed on May 21, 2020, granted, now 11,405,098.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360322 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/18513 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of connecting an antenna, for communication with a satellite, to a remote region, the method comprising:
receiving a scheduling request for a reservation of the antenna to allow for exchanging data between a client computer and the satellite;
performing a control qualification to verify that the antenna is configured to be controlled by a ground station in accordance with the request for the reservation;
configuring the antenna to be controlled in accordance with the request for the reservation, and confirming the reservation including an identifier of the antenna, a protocol to use in the communication and a time of the reservation;
wherein the method further comprises transmitting the scheduling request to an antenna registration service that determines location data of the antenna and the protocol used to communicate with the antenna.