Registration of a personal electronic device (PED) with an aircraft IFE system using PED generated registration token images and associated methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9143807
APP PUB NO 20110314490A1
SERIAL NO

12820467

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An aircraft communications system includes at least one personal electronic device (PED) carried by an aircraft passenger, and an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system. The PED includes a PED display, a PED wireless transceiver, and a PED controller for generating a respective registration token image on the PED display. The aircraft IFE system includes an IFE video entertainment source, IFE passenger seat displays, a respective IFE optical sensor 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, and for communicating with the PED wireless transceiver via the IFE wireless transceiver based upon a respective IFE optical sensor sensing the registration token image on the PED display.

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LIVETV LLC700 S BABCOCK STREET SUITE 300 MELBOURNE FL 32901

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Frisco, Jeffrey A Palm Bay, US 43 1466
Keen, R Michael Malabar, US 17 295

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