System for handoff of aircraft-based content delivery to enable passengers to receive the remainder of a selected content from a terrestrial location
First Claim
1. A system for providing electronic content to passengers, who are equipped with wireless electronic devices and who request electronic content while onboard an aircraft and receive less that all of said selected electronic content during the flight of the aircraft, comprising:
- content delivery registry for storing data indicative of an amount of said selected electronic content delivered to said passenger during the flight of the aircraft; and
content completion server, responsive to said passenger requesting said selected electronic content following conclusion of said flight of said aircraft, for delivering a previously undelivered portion of said selected electronic content, as indicated by said stored data indicative of an amount of said selected electronic content delivered to said passenger during said flight of the aircraft, to said passenger at a location other than said aircraft.
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Abstract
The Content Delivery Handoff System enables a passenger'"'"'s wireless device, operating in an airborne wireless cellular network, to receive selected content and to ensure continuity and/or completion of the content delivery when the aircraft reaches its destination before the entirety of the selected content is delivered to the passenger. This completion of content delivery can occur in a spatially and temporally disjunct manner where the delivery of the remainder of the selected content occurs at a terrestrial location or on a subsequent flight and at a later time.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for providing electronic content to passengers, who are equipped with wireless electronic devices and who request electronic content while onboard an aircraft and receive less that all of said selected electronic content during the flight of the aircraft, comprising:
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content delivery registry for storing data indicative of an amount of said selected electronic content delivered to said passenger during the flight of the aircraft; and content completion server, responsive to said passenger requesting said selected electronic content following conclusion of said flight of said aircraft, for delivering a previously undelivered portion of said selected electronic content, as indicated by said stored data indicative of an amount of said selected electronic content delivered to said passenger during said flight of the aircraft, to said passenger at a location other than said aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of providing electronic content to passengers, who are equipped with wireless electronic devices and who request electronic content while onboard an aircraft and receive less that all of said selected electronic content during the flight of the aircraft, comprising:
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storing data indicative of an amount of said selected electronic content delivered to said passenger during the flight of the aircraft; and delivering, in response to said passenger requesting said selected electronic content following conclusion of said flight of said aircraft, a previously undelivered portion of said selected electronic content, as indicated by said stored data indicative of an amount of said selected electronic content delivered to said passenger during said flight of the aircraft, to said passenger at a location other than said aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for providing electronic content to passengers, who are equipped with wireless electronic devices and who request electronic content while onboard an aircraft and receive less that all of said selected electronic content during the flight of the aircraft, comprising:
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aircraft network for generating radio frequency communication signals to communicate with passengers'"'"' wireless electronic devices onboard an aircraft; link, responsive to a passenger located onboard said aircraft selecting an electronic content, for establishing wireless communications between said passenger'"'"'s wireless electronic device and a source of said selected electronic content; content delivery registry for storing data indicative of an amount of said selected electronic content delivered to said passenger'"'"'s wireless electronic device during the flight of the aircraft; and content completion server, located on the ground and responsive to said passenger requesting said selected electronic content following conclusion of said flight of said aircraft, for delivering a previously undelivered portion of said selected electronic content, as indicated by said stored data indicative of an amount of said selected electronic content delivered to said passenger during said flight of the aircraft, to said passenger at a location other than said aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing electronic content to passengers, who are equipped with wireless electronic devices and who request electronic content while onboard an aircraft and receive less that all of said selected electronic content during the flight of the aircraft, comprising:
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generating radio frequency communication signals in an aircraft-based wireless network to communicate with passengers'"'"' wireless electronic devices onboard an aircraft; establishing, in response to a passenger located onboard said aircraft selecting an electronic content, wireless communications between said passenger'"'"'s wireless electronic device and a source of said selected electronic content; storing content delivery data indicative of an amount of said selected electronic content delivered to said passenger'"'"'s wireless electronic device during the flight of the aircraft; and delivering, from a content source located on the ground and responsive to said passenger requesting said selected electronic content following conclusion of said flight of said aircraft, a previously undelivered portion of said selected electronic content, as indicated by said stored data indicative of an amount of said selected electronic content delivered to said passenger during said flight of the aircraft, to said passenger at a location other than said aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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