CABIN TELECOMMUNICATION UNIT

• US 20100146184A1
• Filed: 02/17/2010
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gogo Business Aviation LLC (GOGO Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: GTE Wireless Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Redford, Stephen, Murakami, Steven, Zahalka, David, Dubois, James
• Granted Patent: US 8,140,732 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/305
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/0015 Arrangements for entertainment or communications, e.g. radio, television
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00152 Seat back fixtures for removable monitors, e.g. tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/4028 the transportation system being an aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A cabin telecommunications unit that provides combined telephone and entertainment/information services onboard an aircraft. The includes a central data bus for exchanging data between components of the cabin telecommunication unit; a first processor connected to said central data bus for processing a communication received by the cabin telecommunication unit and directing the communication to a destination point within the cabin; and a second processor connected to said central data bus for processing and responding to requests for data stored within said cabin telecommunications unit.

Claims

1. A cabin telecommunication unit, comprising:

a central data bus for exchanging data between components of said cabin telecommunication unit;

a first processor connected to said central data bus for processing a communication received by said cabin telecommunication unit and directing said communication to a destination point within said cabin; and

a second processor connected to said central data bus for processing and responding to requests for data stored within said cabin telecommunications unit.

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