REGISTRATION OF A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE (PED) WITH AN AIRCRAFT IFE SYSTEM USING A PED GENERATED REGISTRATION IDENTIFIER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
First Claim
1. A communications system for an aircraft comprising:
- at least one personal electronic device (PED) carried by an aircraft passenger and comprisinga PED near-field communications (NFC) device,a PED wireless transceiver, anda PED controller fortransmitting a registration identifier (ID) from said PED NFC device, andcommunicating via said PED wireless transceiver;
an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprisingat least one IFE video entertainment source,a plurality of IFE passenger seat displays,a respective IFE NFC device associated with each of said plurality of IFE passenger seat displays,at least one IFE wireless transceiver, andat least one IFE controller forselectively displaying video from said at least one IFE entertainment source on said plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, andcommunicating with said PED wireless transceiver via said at least one IFE wireless transceiver based upon one of said respective IFE NFC devices receiving the registration ID from the PED NFC device when in proximity thereto.
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Abstract
An aircraft communications system includes at least one personal electronic device (PED) carried by an aircraft passenger, and an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system. The PED includes a PED near-field communications (NFC) device, a PED wireless transceiver, and a PED controller for transmitting a registration identifier (ID), and communicating via the PED wireless transceiver. The aircraft IFE system includes an IFE video entertainment source, IFE passenger seat displays, a respective IFE NFC device associated with each of the IFE passenger seat displays, an IFE wireless transceiver, and an IFE controller. The IFE controller is for selectively displaying video from the IFE entertainment source on the IFE passenger seat displays, and communicating with the PED wireless transceiver via the IFE wireless transceiver based upon one of the respective IFE NFC devices receiving the registration ID from the PED NFC device when in proximity thereto.
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31 Claims
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1. A communications system for an aircraft comprising:
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at least one personal electronic device (PED) carried by an aircraft passenger and comprising a PED near-field communications (NFC) device, a PED wireless transceiver, and a PED controller for transmitting a registration identifier (ID) from said PED NFC device, and communicating via said PED wireless transceiver; an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising at least one IFE video entertainment source, a plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, a respective IFE NFC device associated with each of said plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, at least one IFE wireless transceiver, and at least one IFE controller for selectively displaying video from said at least one IFE entertainment source on said plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, and communicating with said PED wireless transceiver via said at least one IFE wireless transceiver based upon one of said respective IFE NFC devices receiving the registration ID from the PED NFC device when in proximity thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for use with at least one personal electronic device (PED) carried by an aircraft passenger, the at least one PED comprising a PED near-field communications (NFC) device, a PED wireless transceiver, and a PED controller for transmitting a registration identifier (ID) from the PED NFC device, and communicating via the PED wireless transceiver;
- the aircraft IFE system comprising;
at least one IFE video entertainment source; a plurality of IFE passenger seat displays; a respective IFE NFC device associated with each of said plurality of IFE passenger seat displays; at least one IFE wireless transceiver; and at least one IFE controller for displaying video from said at least one IFE entertainment source on said plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, and communicating with the PED wireless transceiver via said at least one IFE wireless transceiver based upon one of said respective IFE NFC devices receiving the registration ID from the PED NFC device when in proximity thereto. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
- the aircraft IFE system comprising;
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17. A personal electronic device (PED) to be carried by an aircraft passenger for use with an aircraft IFE system comprising at least one IFE video entertainment source, a plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, a respective IFE near-field communications (NFC) device associated with each of the plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, at least one IFE wireless transceiver, and at least one IFE controller for selectively displaying video from the at least one IFE entertainment source on the plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, and for communicating via the at least one IFE wireless transceiver, the PED comprising:
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a PED NFC device for transmitting a registration identifier (ID); a PED wireless transceiver; and a PED controller for communicating with the at least one IFE wireless transceiver via said PED wireless transceiver based upon one of the respective IFE NFC devices receiving the registration ID from said PED NFC device when in proximity thereto. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for operating an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system for use with at least one personal electronic device (PED) carried by an aircraft passenger, the at least one PED comprising a PED near-field communications (NFC) device, a PED wireless transceiver, and a PED controller for transmitting a registration identifier (ID) and communicating via the PED wireless transceiver;
- the aircraft IFE system comprising at least one IFE video entertainment source, a plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, a respective IFE NFC device associated with each of the plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, at least one IFE wireless transceiver, and at least one IFE controller, the method comprising;
operating the least one IFE controller for selectively displaying video from the at least one IFE entertainment source on the plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, and communicating with the PED wireless transceiver via the at least one IFE wireless transceiver based upon one of the respective IFE NFC devices receiving the registration ID transmitted by the PED NFC device when in proximity thereto. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
- the aircraft IFE system comprising at least one IFE video entertainment source, a plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, a respective IFE NFC device associated with each of the plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, at least one IFE wireless transceiver, and at least one IFE controller, the method comprising;
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27. A method for operating a personal electronic device (PED) to be carried by an aircraft passenger for use with an aircraft IFE system comprising at least one IFE video entertainment source, a plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, a respective IFE near-field communications (NFC) device associated with each of the plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, at least one IFE wireless transceiver, and least one IFE controller for selectively displaying video from the at least one IFE entertainment source on the plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, and for communicating via the at least one IFE wireless transceiver;
- the PED comprising a PED NFC, a PED wireless transceiver, and a PED controller, the method comprising;
operating the PED controller for transmitting a registration identifier (ID) from the PED NFC device, and communicating with the at least one IFE wireless transceiver via the PED wireless transceiver based upon one of the respective IFE NFC devices receiving the registration ID from the PED NFC device when in proximity thereto. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
- the PED comprising a PED NFC, a PED wireless transceiver, and a PED controller, the method comprising;
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