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Aircraft in-flight entertainment system including low power transceivers and associated methods

  • US 7,280,825 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2004
  • Issued: 10/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising:

  • an antenna;

    an external communications transceiver connected to said antenna for communicating external the to aircraft;

    a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft for distributing entertainment related data;

    a distribution network connected to said plurality of SEBs and to said external communications transceiver; and

    an internal communications transceiver connected to said distribution network for establishing an external communications link with a portable wireless device carried by a passenger internal to the aircraft;

    the portable wireless device being selectively operable in a low power mode during communications with said internal communications transceiver, and a transmit power of the portable wireless device operating in the low power mode being less than one-half a transmit power of the portable wireless device operating in a normal power mode.

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