{
  "patent_number": "US 10981678",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How to Rent Out Space on Satellites for Different Customers",
  "original_title": "System and method for providing spacecraft-based services",
  "summary": "A system for managing a fleet of satellites so multiple customers can share the same hardware to run their own specific space-based tasks.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a way to treat satellites like shared cloud servers. Instead of one company owning a whole satellite, a ground control network takes requests from many different customers and matches them to specific hardware on a satellite, such as cameras or sensors. The system manages these requests so that a single satellite can perform tasks for two different customers at the same time, or during overlapping time windows. It also includes a logic system to handle conflicts, such as rejecting a request if another customer has priority for a specific sensor, and suggesting ways to modify the request to make it work.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover satellites that are dedicated to a single customer or mission.",
    "Does not cover hardware that cannot be remotely reconfigured or shared between different users.",
    "Does not cover ground-based communication systems that do not manage on-orbit spacecraft payloads.",
    "Does not cover manual, non-automated scheduling of satellite tasks."
  ],
  "filed": "2019-07-23",
  "granted": "2021-04-20",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Loft Orbital Solutions Inc",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/loft-orbital-solutions-inc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Pierre-Damien VAUJOUR",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/pierre-damien-vaujour"
    },
    {
      "name": "Lucas Bremond",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/lucas-bremond"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "aerospace",
    "telecommunications",
    "software"
  ],
  "abstract": "A system for providing spacecraft-based services, preferably including one or more spacecraft and one or more ground control elements, wherein the spacecraft can include one or more payloads associated with one or more organizations. A method for providing spacecraft-based services, preferably including receiving service requests, determining request assignments, and/or controlling spacecraft.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10981678/starlink-satellite-design",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/10981678/starlink-satellite-design/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US10981678",
  "relatedPatents": []
}