AIRCRAFT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS WITH CHATROOM SERVER

    公开(公告)号:US20190273964A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16418459

    申请日:2019-05-21

    Abstract: A vehicle chatroom server includes at least one network interface configured to communicate with passenger terminals, at least one processor connected to communicate through the at least one network interface, and at least one memory storing code that is executed by the at least one processor to perform operations. The operations include obtaining passenger information and characterizing potential passenger discussion interests based on the passenger information. The operations identify a grouping of passengers who satisfy a common interest rule based on the potential passenger discussion interests. The operations then communicate with passengers in the grouping through a computerized chatbot module providing natural-language text and/or computer synthesized speech that is provided to the passengers in the grouping to invite to a discussion-focused chatroom hosted by the chatroom server. Related methods and computer program products are disclosed.

    In-flight entertainment systems controlling Bluetooth broadcast rates of time messages and timing offsets by video display units to user terminals

    公开(公告)号:US10362347B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US16018107

    申请日:2018-06-26

    Abstract: An inflight entertainment system includes video display units that communicate with user terminals through Bluetooth signaling and include a network interface communicating with a content server and a satellite network interface and/or a ground network interface. A time reference message is received which contains a master time reference from the satellite network interface and/or the ground network interface. A local time generator is updated based on the master time reference. Rate request messages are received from the user terminals containing indications of time broadcast rates requested by the user terminals. A scheduled time broadcast rate is determined based on the indications of the time broadcast rates requested by the user terminals. The video display unit transmits, through a Bluetooth transceiver at time instances which are determined based on the scheduled time broadcast rate, broadcast time messages that each contain an indication of a present local time of the video display unit.

    User centric service and content curation through in-flight entertainment system

    公开(公告)号:US20180234707A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-16

    申请号:US15932319

    申请日:2018-02-16

    Abstract: A controller device in communication with service delivery devices of an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system receives objective information associated with an aircraft comprising the aircraft IFE system. The controller device also receives subjective passenger information associated with a passenger of the aircraft. A service is determined to deliver to the passenger during a flight on the aircraft based on the received objective and subjective passenger information. A service delivery device is identified among the service delivery devices of the aircraft that is associated with a seat assigned to the passenger or determined to be operated by the passenger. The controller controls delivery of the determined service to the identified service delivery device.

    TRANSFERRING CONTENT BETWEEN A GROUND BASED CONTENT SERVER AND AN AIRCRAFT BASED CONTENT SERVER VIA CONTENT FRAGMENTS DISTRIBUTED ACROSS COURIER ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20180020042A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-18

    申请号:US15210648

    申请日:2016-07-14

    CPC classification number: H04L67/06 H04L67/10 H04L67/1097 H04L67/32

    Abstract: A ground based content server transfers content to an aircraft based content server via courier devices that are transported by aircraft passengers. Content files to be delivered to a target aircraft are identified. Courier devices associated with persons scheduled to become passengers on the target aircraft are identified. Each of the content files are divided into content fragments, where the content fragments collectively contain all data necessary for reassembling the content files. The content fragments are distributed from the ground based content server across the courier devices, so that each courier device is distributed one of the content fragments containing data that is at least partially redundant with data contained in one of the content fragments that is distributed to at least one other one of the courier devices and that is not redundant to data contained in other content fragments distributed to still other ones of the courier devices.

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