Internet service for passengers on in-flight airplanes

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2009-04-30

2011-11-08

Bates, Kevin (Department: 2442)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Distributed data processing

Client/server

Reexamination Certificate

active

08055704

ABSTRACT:
An exemplary method provides Internet Protocol (IP) devices of passengers of an in-flight airplane with terrestrial Internet IP communications. One airplane in a group of in-flight airplanes functions as a ground link airplane with a direct communication link to a ground station. Each airplane in the group travels in a substantially linear direction. A daisy chain of communications between adjacent airplanes in the group supports inter-airplane IP communications for carrying IP information of the IP devices of the passengers. The ground link airplane collects the IP-based information of the IP devices of the passengers and relays this information to the ground station that is connected to the terrestrial Internet. A communication satellite is not utilized to support any of these communications.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2004/0141170 (2004-07-01), Jamieson et al.
patent: 2010/0087190 (2010-04-01), Pandit et al.

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