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Airborne e-mail data transfer protocol

  • US 6,785,712 B1
  • Filed: 09/21/2000
  • Issued: 08/31/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An improved data retrieval and transmission system for use aboard an aircraft comprising an airborne server connected to at least one passenger'"'"'s computing device, and ground based server, and a means for exchanging data between the airborne server and the ground based server, the improvement comprising:

  • means on the ground based server for converting data to be transferred between the airborne server and the ground based server to a plurality of sequenced frames, where the ground based server maintains a delivery status of each frame in the sequence;

    where the ground based server, upon interruption of the means for exchanging data during transmission of a sequence of frames, transmits only frames having a status of not already having been delivered.

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