Cabin telecommunication unit

• US 7,689,752 B1
• Filed: 09/11/2002
• Issued: 03/30/2010
• 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: Murakami, Steven, Zahalka, David, Dubois, James, Redford, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Rinehart; Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zaman; Faisal M
• Application Number:
  US10/241,723
• Time in Patent Office: 2,757 Days
• Field of Search: 710/100, 710/305, 370/452, 244/121, 340/945
• 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 for an aircraft 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;

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

a digital signal interface for processing and conveying data between said first processor and said second processor; and

an aircraft interface module for monitoring different conditions of said aircraft;

wherein said cabin telecommunication unit is configured to function based at least in part on at least one of said different conditions of said aircraft and wherein said cabin telecommunication unit is configured to use said at least one of said different conditions to determine when said aircraft has landed, said cabin telecommunication unit being configured to clear passenger details in response to said determined landing of said aircraft.