Networking system for mobile data communications
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1. A data communications system for retrieving data information, said data communications system comprising:
- a data source;
an information distribution system adapted to request and receive data information from said data source;
a server/router coupled between said data source and said information distribution system, said server/router including a server modem pool adapted (i) to receive the data information requested by said information distribution system and transmit the data information requested to said data source, and (ii) to receive data signals corresponding to the data information requested from the data source and route the data signals to the information distribution system, said server modem pool comprising;
a plurality of dial-in server modems adapted to provide multiple users with access to data stored locally on said server/router, and a plurality of dial-out server modems adapted to provide the multiple users with access to data stored in said data source;
whereby said server/router is adapted to network multiple users to facilitate a communication link having multiple information requests between said information distribution system and said data source.
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Abstract
An improved technique for networking multiple users for retrieving data information from various data sources provides a less costly method for retrieving information while aboard a transportation vehicle, such as, for example, an aircraft. The data communications system may be carried out in one form by a data communications system having a data source, a server/router coupled to the data source and adapted to request data information from the data source, and an information distribution system coupled to the server/router and adapted to receive the data information requested from the data source.
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1. A data communications system for retrieving data information, said data communications system comprising:
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a data source;
an information distribution system adapted to request and receive data information from said data source;
a server/router coupled between said data source and said information distribution system, said server/router including a server modem pool adapted (i) to receive the data information requested by said information distribution system and transmit the data information requested to said data source, and (ii) to receive data signals corresponding to the data information requested from the data source and route the data signals to the information distribution system, said server modem pool comprising;
a plurality of dial-in server modems adapted to provide multiple users with access to data stored locally on said server/router, and a plurality of dial-out server modems adapted to provide the multiple users with access to data stored in said data source;
whereby said server/router is adapted to network multiple users to facilitate a communication link having multiple information requests between said information distribution system and said data source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for networking multiple users in a passenger carrier to provide communications to a data source, said method comprising:
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transmitting multiple data information requests from an information distribution system through a first communication medium to a sever/router having a sever modem pool that includes at least;
a plurality of dial-in server modems adapted to provide the multiple users with access to data stored locally on said server/router, and a plurality of dial-out server modems adapted to provide the multiple users with access to data stored in said data source;
accessing data information corresponding to the multiple data information requests from (i) said data stored locally on said server/router or (ii) said data stored in said data source through a second communication medium; and
transmitting the accessed data information from said server/router to said information distribution system.
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