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SMS communication to and from messaging devices in an aircraft

  • US 9,037,169 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2011
  • Issued: 05/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Method for transmitting an SMS message from an airplane, the method comprising the steps of:

  • emulating an interface of a cell phone net with a base transceiver station on board of an airplane,receiving an SMS message from a passenger'"'"'s mobile terminal unit,processing the SMS message, the processing comprisingusing the passenger'"'"'s mobile terminal unit number to look up a passenger identifier in a dynamic lookup table, andreplacing the header of the SMS message with a data header, the data header comprising a passenger identifier,sending the processed SMS message to a satellite of a satellite network,receiving the processed SMS message from the provider of the satellite network,using the passenger identifier to look up the passenger'"'"'s mobile terminal unit number,forming an SMS header which comprises the passenger'"'"'s mobile terminal unit number,forming an SMS message from the SMS header and the processed SMS message, andsending the SMS message to an addressee.

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