Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mesh network based automated upload of content to aircraft
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Application No.: US17349121Application Date: 2021-06-16
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Publication No.: US11765788B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Bryan Adrian Lauer
- Applicant: GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION LLC
- Current Assignee: GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Broomfield
- Agency: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP
- Agent Randall G. Rueth
- Main IPC: H04W84/00
- IPC: H04W84/00 ; H04H20/40 ; H04H20/71 ; H04L67/12 ; H04H20/62 ; H04H60/80

Abstract:
The Automated Content Upload System networks a plurality of aircraft together when they are parked at the gates of an airport. Communications among the aircraft are guided by a Content Manager, resident at or near the airport, which maintains data representative of InFlight Entertainment Content presently stored on each aircraft and the list of scheduled InFlight Entertainment Content available on each aircraft. The Content Manager guides the exchange of InFlight Entertainment Content among the aircraft, as well as from the Content Manager to the aircraft, to automatically distribute InFlight Entertainment Content to the aircraft efficiently and timely. This process includes the ability to multicast data from the Content Manager to multiple aircraft in a single transmission, obtaining content delivery efficiency, populating multiple aircraft via a single transmission from the Content Manager. Furthermore, the Content Manager can supplement this process via transmissions to the aircraft in flight over the Air-To-Ground link.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210315055A1 MESH NETWORK BASED AUTOMATED UPLOAD OF CONTENT TO AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2021-10-07
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