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公开(公告)号:US12189517B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-07
申请号:US18348625
申请日:2023-07-07
Applicant: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Inventor: Philip Watson , Steven Bates , Shankar L Shastry , Samir Lad , Anand Desikan
Abstract: A testing and verification system for an equivalent physical configuration of an in-flight entertainment and communications system with one or more hardware components includes a virtual machine manager. One or more virtual machines each including a hardware abstraction layer is instantiated by the virtual machine manager according to simulated hardware component definitions corresponding to the equivalent physical configuration of the hardware components. The virtual machines are in communication with each other over virtual network connections. A test interface to the one or more virtual machines generate test inputs to target software applications installed on the virtual machines. A display interface is connected to the virtual machines, with results from the execution of the target software applications responsive to the test inputs are output thereto.
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公开(公告)号:US11824867B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-21
申请号:US17340358
申请日:2021-06-07
Applicant: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Inventor: Philip Watson
CPC classification number: H04L63/102 , B64D11/00155 , H04L63/0227 , H04L63/0236 , H04L63/0254 , H04L63/08 , H04L63/168
Abstract: Methods and systems for a transportation vehicle are provided. One method includes generating a packet by an application executed by a processor of a first seat device of an in-flight entertainment system having a plurality of seat devices on an aircraft; dropping the packet by the seat device when the application is not authorized for Internet communication; dropping the packet by the seat device when the packet is one of a broadcast packet, multicast packet or destined to a second seat device of the in-flight entertainment system; determining that the seat device Internet traffic is below a threshold value; and transmitting the packet to a network device when the application is authorized, and the packet is not a broadcast packet, multicast packet or destined for a second seat device.
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公开(公告)号:US11228789B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-18
申请号:US16868396
申请日:2020-05-06
Applicant: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Inventor: Philip Watson , Steven Bates , Sarvamangala Hendi
IPC: H04N21/214 , H04W4/14 , H04W4/42 , H04N21/2187
Abstract: This patent document describes techniques are related to providing an entertainment to passengers on a commercial passenger vehicle. In one aspect, a method for providing an entertainment to passengers on a commercial passenger vehicle comprises: receiving a request, from a first passenger on the commercial passenger vehicle, to allow the first passenger to provide a live video, the live video obtained by capturing, in real time, an activity associated with the first passenger on the commercial passenger vehicle; receiving one or more requests, from one or more additional passengers on the commercial passenger vehicle, to view the live video; receiving the live video from the first passenger; and distributing the live video to the additional passengers.
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公开(公告)号:US11167678B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-09
申请号:US16530620
申请日:2019-08-02
Applicant: PANASONIC AVIONICS CORPORATION
Inventor: Philip Watson , Steven Bates , Sanjiv Sitaram Pimple
Abstract: Systems and methods for pairing a personal electronic device of a passenger with a passenger seat in a vehicle using a PWM light identification, and for allowing the personal electronic device to control passenger in-seat functions and features. The system comprises an on-board video system having an in-seat display system for installation in a vehicle. The on-board video system is configured to communication a PWM light identification from a monitor of the in-seat display system which is captured by an imaging device of the personal electronic device. The on-board video system receives pairing information from the personal electronic device corresponding to the captured light identification via a wireless communication link. The on-board video system then validates the pairing information and pairs the personal electronic device to the passenger seat and authorizes the personal electronic device to control passenger seat functions associated with the passenger seat.
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公开(公告)号:US11102302B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US16458415
申请日:2019-07-01
Applicant: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Inventor: Philip Watson , Steven Bates
Abstract: An in-flight entertainment and communications (IFEC) system is configured to interconnect an avionics data bus to a local area network. An avionics interface is connectable to the avionics data bus, and receptive to avionics data transmitted on the avionics data bus by one or more avionics nodes over a predetermined protocol. A local network interface establishes the local area network, and portable electronic devices may be connectable to the local network interface over the local area network to establish a data communications link thereon. A data processor is connected to the avionics interface and the local network interface, and relays the avionics data from the avionics interface to the local network interface for transmission to the one or more portable electronics devices. This transmission is according to the predetermined protocol over the data communications link established on the local area network.
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公开(公告)号:US20210135746A1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-06
申请号:US16671635
申请日:2019-11-01
Applicant: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Inventor: Philip Watson
IPC: H04B7/185 , H04W4/02 , B64D11/00 , H04N21/414
Abstract: Vehicle entertainment systems in commercial passenger vehicles can provide passengers with entertainment options that are based at least in part on geolocation information selected by the passengers. For example, based on a passenger's selection of a home country to which the passenger belongs, the vehicle entertainment system may route data traffic comprising the passenger's entertainment selections via a point of presence (PoP) device located in the selected home country. The vehicle entertainment system may also group data traffic for passengers that have selected the same home country so that the vehicle entertainment system can more efficiently use network resources as the commercial passenger vehicle travels to its destination.
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公开(公告)号:US10951922B1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-16
申请号:US16553004
申请日:2019-08-27
Applicant: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Inventor: Steven Bates , Philip Watson , Samir Lad , Anand Desikan
IPC: H04N21/214 , H04N21/472 , H04N21/4788 , H04N21/431 , H04N21/45
Abstract: Vehicle entertainment systems can obtain and use a list of predicted entertainment preferences for passengers located in or expected to be in commercial passenger vehicles. A first server can obtain the predicted entertainment preferences and can identify a multimedia content for at least one passenger based on a predicted entertainment preference. A second server located in the commercial passenger vehicle can receive and send the multimedia content to a media playback device associated with the at least one passenger. The second server can receive, from the media playback device, an indication of a preference of the at least one passenger for watching or listening to the multimedia content; update, based on the received indication of the preference, the entertainment preference for the at least one passenger to obtain an updated entertainment preference; and transmit the updated entertainment preference for the at least one passenger to the first server.
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公开(公告)号:US10817675B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-27
申请号:US16196519
申请日:2018-11-20
Applicant: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Inventor: Philip Watson , Steven Bates
Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for communicating an announcement to passengers on a transportation vehicle. For example, one method includes providing an information system on the vehicle having at least one of a wireless access point and a plurality of seat display devices and operating the information system to communicate with the wireless access point or the seat display devices. The method includes playing audio corresponding to the announcement over a public address system of the vehicle, and causing text corresponding to the audio to display on the seat display devices or personal electronic devices in communication with the wireless access point.
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公开(公告)号:US20200310947A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16697053
申请日:2019-11-26
Applicant: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Inventor: Philip Watson , Steven Bates , Shankar Shastry , Samir Lad , Anand Desikan
Abstract: A testing and verification system for an equivalent physical configuration of an in-flight entertainment and communications system with one or more hardware components includes a virtual machine manager. One or more virtual machines each including a hardware abstraction layer is instantiated by the virtual machine manager according to simulated hardware component definitions corresponding to the equivalent physical configuration of the hardware components. The virtual machines are in communication with each other over virtual network connections. A test interface to the one or more virtual machines generate test inputs to target software applications installed on the virtual machines. A display interface is connected to the virtual machines, with results from the execution of the target software applications responsive to the test inputs are output thereto.
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公开(公告)号:US20200274699A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16283633
申请日:2019-02-22
Applicant: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Inventor: Philip Watson
Abstract: A hybrid encryption method for securely transferring an electronic data package from a sender to a plurality of clients. The method comprises storing a shared symmetric key on each of the clients. The sender encrypts a private key of an asymmetric key pair using the shared symmetric key. The sender encrypts the data package with a temporary symmetric key to generate an encrypted data package. The sender encrypts the temporary symmetric key with the public key of the asymmetric key pair to generate an encrypted temporary symmetric key. The sender transmits the encrypted data package, the encrypted temporary symmetric key, and the encrypted private key to the clients. Each client decrypts the encrypted data package by: using the shared symmetric key to decrypt the encrypted private key; using the decrypted private key to decrypt the encrypted temporary symmetric key, and using the decrypted temporary symmetric key to decrypt the encrypted data package.
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