At NextNav, we’ve spent years developing breakthrough technologies that solve for the challenges presented by GPS. We know that the services NextNav enables – from providing floor-level accuracy for E911 calls with Pinnacle or resilient PNT with TerraPoiNT – are all because of our technology, which is covered by several patents.

NextNav products and categories of products may be covered by one or more patents in the U.S. and internationally, as is indicated below. This website page is provided to satisfy the virtual patent marking provisions of various jurisdictions, in particular it is intended to serve as notice under 35 U.S.C. § 287(a). Items listed below may be sold individually or as part of a combination product. Additional patents are pending and issued in the U.S. and internationally.

As of January 5, 2024

Patent No.TitleTechnology
8130141WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
8629803WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
8643540WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
9408024WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
9591438WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
10608695WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
11115078WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
8213874SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENTTerraPoiNT
9057606WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
8874398WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
9810788WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
10649090WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
9035829WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODSTerraPoiNT
9797982SIGNALING IN A WIRELESS POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
10598758SIGNALING IN A WIRELESS POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
9119165CODING IN A WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEM (WAPS)TerraPoiNT
9801153CODING IN A POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
10542516CODING IN A POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
11047991CODING IN A POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
8917209CODING IN A WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEM (WAPS)TerraPoiNT
9176217Cell Organization and Transmission Schemes in a Wide Area Positioning System (WAPS)TerraPoiNT
9372266Cell Organization and Transmission Schemes in a Wide Area Positioning System (WAPS)TerraPoiNT
10024972CELL ORGANIZATION AND TRANSMISSION SCHEMES IN A WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEM (WAPS)TerraPoiNT
10823856CELL ORGANIZATION AND TRANSMISSION SCHEMES IN A WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
9291712Cell Organization and Transmission Schemes in a Wide Area Positioning System (WAPS)TerraPoiNT
9247392SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION POSITIONING OF USER DEVICETerraPoiNT
9390279SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONDITIONAL ACCESS TO TRANSMITTED INFORMATIONTerraPoiNT
9286490SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONDITIONAL ACCESS TO TRANSMITTED INFORMATIONTerraPoiNT
9787649SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONDITIONAL ACCESS TO TRANSMITTED INFORMATIONTerraPoiNT
10203397METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING TIME OF ARRIVAL DETERMINATIONTerraPoiNT
9392410SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING TRANSMIT DIVERSITY TO COMBAT MULTIPATH EFFECTS IN POSITION ESTIMATIONTerraPoiNT
9860866SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING TRANSMIT DIVERSITY TO COMBAT MULTIPATH EFFECTS IN POSITION ESTIMATIONTerraPoiNT
9322900PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS FOR LOCAL NETWORK OF BEACONSTerraPoiNT
9897684Systems And Methods For Estimating A Position Of A Receiver In A Network Of BeaconsTerraPoiNT
9964647DIRECTIONAL PRUNING OF TRANSMITTERS TO IMPROVE POSITION DETERMINATIONTerraPoiNT
9326105Systems and Methods for Using Three-Dimensional Location Information to improve Location ServicesTerraPoiNT
9980246SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION INFORMATION TO IMPROVE LOCATION SERVICESTerraPoiNT
10750470SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING IF A RECEIVER IS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE A BUILDING OR AREATerraPoiNT
10993204SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING IF A RECEIVER IS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE A BUILDING OR AREATerraPoiNT
9933526TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A FIXED, TIMING-BASED RADIO POSITIONING NETWORK USING EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE INFORMATIONTerraPoiNT
9645249SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PSEUDO-RANDOM CODINGTerraPoiNT
9973234SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PSEUDO-RANDOM CODINGTerraPoiNT
9829313SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED ACCURACY IN DETERMINING ALTITUDE FROM PRESSURETerraPoiNT
9784815SEPARATING RANGING AND DATA SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
10175364SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING WHETHER A RECEIVER IS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE A BUILDINGTerraPoiNT
9720071MITIGATING EFFECTS OF MULTIPATH DURING POSITION COMPUTATIONTerraPoiNT
9967845SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY RECEIVING AND PROCESSING RF SIGNALS AT AN RF BEACONTerraPoiNT
9739872INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR POSITIONING SYSTEMSTerraPoiNT
9971018INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR POSITIONING SYSTEMSTerraPoiNT
9913273AN LTE-BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR THE M-LMS BANDTerraPoiNT
10470184AN LTE-BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR THE M-LMS BANDTerraPoiNT
10551271DESIGNING A CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR USE IN CALIBRATING UNSTABLE SENSORSTerraPoiNT
10598757SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF A TIMING-BASED RADIO POSITIONING NETWORK USING ESTIMATED RANGE BIASESTerraPoiNT
10194269SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS TO ESTIMATE A POSITION OF A RECEIVERTerraPoiNT
10241190POSITION ESTIMATION OF A RECEIVER USING ANCHOR POINTSTerraPoiNT
10281556INTERFERENCE DETECTION AND REJECTION FOR WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMSTerraPoiNT
10386448SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING ATMOSPHERIC DATA OF REFERENCE NODES FOR USE IN COMPUTING THE ALTITUDE OF A RECEIVERPinnacle
10677880SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING ATMOSPHERIC DATA OF REFERENCE NODES FOR USE IN COMPUTING THE ALTITUDE OF A RECEIVERPinnacle
9998874ALTITUDE-BASED INDOOR OR OUTDOOR DETECTIONTerraPoiNT
10444369SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SIGNALS FROM TERRESTRIAL TRANSMITTERS, AND FOR PROCESSING THE SIGNALS USING GNSS RECEIVER HARDWARETerraPoiNT
9874624INTERFERENCE DETECTION AND REJECTION FOR WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMS USING MAXIMAL RATIO COMBINING IN THE CORRELATION DOMAINTerraPoiNT
10064017CHARACTERIZING AND USING BUILDING WEATHER PROFILE PARAMETERSPinnacle
10175945METHODS & SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING CORRELATIONTerraPoiNT
10194395SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW-POWER LOCATION DETERMINATION USING TERRESTRIAL SIGNALSTerraPoiNT
10470129SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW-POWER LOCATION DETERMINATION USING TERRESTRIAL SIGNALSTerraPoiNT
10288424SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING AN ESTIMATE OF RECEIVER ALTITUDE BY MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF TRANSMITTER HEATINGPinnacle
10598486SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING AN ESTIMATE OF RECEIVER ALTITUDE BY MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF TRANSMITTER HEATINGPinnacle
9992761SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION USED TO ESTIMATE A POSITION OF A MOBILE DEVICETerraPoiNT
10231201SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSURED TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF AN RF BEACONTerraPoiNT
10655961SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN ALTITUDE ERROR VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF A MOBILE DEVICEPinnacle
10514258SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING UNSTABLE SENSORSPinnacle
11199406SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING UNSTABLE SENSORSPinnacle
10254379SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING A POSITION OF A RECEIVERTerraPoiNT
10704905SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A REFERENCE PRESSURE FOR USE IN ESTIMATING AN ALTITUDE OF A MOBILE DEVICEPinnacle
10378894SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING AN ALTITUDE OF A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON DETECTED TEMPERATURE CONDITIONSPinnacle
10477358SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A MOBILE DEVICE IS INSIDE AN ENVIRONMENT EXPERIENCING ADVERSE PRESSURE VARIATION CONDITIONSPinnacle
11073441SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHEN TO CALIBRATE A PRESSURE SENSOR OF A MOBILE DEVICEPinnacle
10921121SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CALIBRATION VALUES FOR ATMOSPHERIC SENSORS THAT PROVIDE MEASURED PRESSURES USED FOR ESTIMATING ALTITUDES OF MOBILE DEVICESPinnacle
11181365SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHICH REFERENCE-LEVEL PRESSURES ARE USED WHEN ESTIMATING AN ALTITUDE OF A MOBILE DEVICEPinnacle
10602476SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AN INDOOR OR OUTDOOR LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICEPinnacle
10805452SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A HEIGHT OF A MOBILE DEVICE ABOVE A SURFACEPinnacle
11196855SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A HEIGHT OF A MOBILE DEVICE ABOVE A SURFACEPinnacle
11064320SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A PRESSURE SENSOR OF A MOBILE DEVICE TO IMPROVE THE RELIABILITY OF DETERMINED CONTEXTSPinnacle
11215453FLOOR HEIGHT ESTIMATION AND CALIBRATION OF A MOBILE DEVICEPinnacle
11243076SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDING THE SPATIAL COVERAGE OF A REFERENCE PRESSURE NETWORKPinnacle
11204646
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CONTEXTS OF MOBILE DEVICESPinnacle
11255665SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHERE TO PLACE ATMOSPHERIC SENSORS USED TO ESTIMATE AN ALTITUDE OF A MOBILE DEVICE IN AN ENVIRONMENTPinnacle
11294099SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING WEATHER STATIONS USING MAXIMUM ALLOWED ALTITUDE ERRORSPinnacle
11333567CONSTRAINING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SENSOR CALIBRATION WITH SPORADIC DATA COLLECTIONPinnacle
D952650DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEPinnacle
D952671DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEPinnacle
D952672DISPLAY SCREEN OR PORTION THEREOF WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEPinnacle
11418914CHARACTERIZING HEIGHT ABOVE TERRAIN CONFIDENCEPinnacle
11460298SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING A DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT BETWEEN TWO FLOORS IN A BUILDING FOR USE IN ESTIMATING A HEIGHT OR AN ALTITUDE OF ONE OF THE TWO FLOORSPinnacle
11536564SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESSURE-BASED ESTIMATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE ALTITUDE OR CALIBRATION OF A PRESSURE SENSORPinnacle
11555699SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHEN AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF A MOBILE DEVICE CAN BE USED FOR CALIBRATION OR LOCATION DETERMINATIONPinnacle
11579036 CONSTRAINING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SENSOR CALIBRATION WITH SPORADIC DATA COLLECTIONPinnacle
11592595SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING, BROADCASTING AND USING REFERENCE ATMOSPHERIC DATA IN A NETWORK OF TRANSMITTERSPinnacle
11644310SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING DURING ATYPICAL ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONSPinnacle
11650330CODING IN A POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
11669170SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CONTEXTS OF MOBILE DEVICESPinnacle
11674798SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CALIBRATION VALUES FOR ATMOSPHERIC SENSORS THAT PROVIDE MEASURED PRESSURES USED FOR ESTIMATING ALTITUDES OF MOBILE DEVICESPinnacle
11705936WIDE AREA POSITIONING SYSTEMTerraPoiNT
11722593SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A HEIGHT OF A MOBILE DEVICE ABOVE A SURFACEPinnacle
11733038FLOOR HEIGHT ESTIMATION AND CALIBRATION OF A MOBILE DEVICEPinnacle
11733119SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHEN TO CALIBRATE A PRESSURE SENSOR OF A MOBILE DEVICEPinnacle
11740081SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHICH REFERENCE-LEVEL PRESSURES ARE USED WHEN ESTIMATING AN ALTITUDE OF A MOBILE DEVICEPinnacle
11761765CALIBRATING A PRESSURE SENSORPinnacle
11808608SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDING THE SPATIAL COVERAGE OF A REFERENCE PRESSURE NETWORKPinnacle
11841285CONSTRAINING BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SENSOR CALIBRATION WITH SPORADIC DATA COLLECTIONPinnacle
11852780SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING WEATHER STATIONS USING MAXIMUM ALLOWED ALTITUDE ERRORSPinnacle
11864130METHOD FOR INTERNET-OF-THINGS COMMUNICATIONS USING CELLULAR WIRELESS LICENSED BANDSTerraPoiNT