Registration of a PED with an aircraft IFE system using an aircraft generated registration identifier and associated methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9003454
APP PUB NO 20140282727A1
SERIAL NO

14222874

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A communications system for an aircraft includes an aircraft IFE system, and at least one personal electronic device (PED) carried by an aircraft passenger. The IFE system includes an IFE video entertainment source, IFE passenger seat displays, a respective IFE NFC device associated with each of the IFE passenger seat displays, an IFE wireless transceiver, and an IFE controller. The IFE controller is for selectively displaying video from the IFE entertainment source on the IFE passenger seat displays, selectively transmitting a respective registration ID from each IFE NFC device, and communicating via the IFE wireless transceiver. The PED includes a PED NFC device, a PED wireless transceiver, and a PED controller. The PED controller is for communicating with the IFE wireless transceiver via the PED wireless transceiver based upon the PED NFC device receiving the registration ID associated with one of the respective IFE NFC devices when in proximity thereto.

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LIVETV LLC700 S BABCOCK STREET SUITE 300 MELBOURNE FL 32901

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Frisco, Jeffrey A Palm Bay, US 43 1466
Keen, R Michael Malabar, US 17 295

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