Aircraft data management system

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(54) AIRCRAFT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 5,014,267 5/1991 Tompkins et al. ................. .. 370/259 5,123,015 6/1992 Brady, Jr. et al. ................. .. 370/539

Inventors: Steven I}I Galipeau, Redmond; John 5,220,130 6/1993 Walters .......... .. 174/36

G. Wade, Woodinville; Rory G. Briski, ikléhetkal- imi _ _ - , , a oWs e a. ..... ..

if???’ Mar: Q‘ gegbgdy’ 134161113?‘ 5,311,302 5/1994 Berry et ayl. ..................... .. 348/1403 ' owry’ O 0 6 m0“ ’ a 0 5,347,632 9/1994 Filepp et al. ....................... .. 709/202

WA(US); Gregg DjArmstmng’ Lake 5,389,006 * 2/1995 Nonchese . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 439/354

C1ty,FL(U$); Cralg L- Burgess, 5,404,567 4/1995 DePietro et al. 455/3.06 Redmond, WA (US); Kenneth L- Gray, 5,440,642 8/1995 Denenberg etal. . .. 381/71.13 Kirkland, WA (US); Garrett R. Spears, 5,481,615 1/1996 Eatwell etal. ..... .. 381/71.6 Bellevue, WA (US) 5,542,487 8/1996 Schultz, et al. .. .. 178/4.1 A

5,555,466 9/1996 Scribner et al. ..... .. 725/75

Assigneez General Dynamics (Aerospace), 5,557,541 9/1996 SChlllhOf 61 al. .................... .. 700/94

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( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this OTHER PUBLICATIONS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U_S_C_ 154(k)) by 0 days_ IEEE Standard 1073.4.1, IEEE Standard for Medical Device

Communications—Physical Layer Interface—Cable Con (21) APPL No, 09/411,063 nected, IEEE Database, pp. i—65.*

(22) Filed, 06L 4’ 1999 (List continued on next page.)

Related US. Application Data Primary Exami{1er_w?ham Gr.ant (60) Provisional application No. 60/103,823, ?led on Oct. 9, Assistant Exammer_pa11l ,Rodngu eZ

1998 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Ftrm—Gregory S. Rosenblatt; Paul A. Levy; Wiggin & Dana

(51) Int. Cl.7 ............................ .. H04N 7/08; G05B 15/00 (57) ABSTRACT (52) US. Cl. ............................... .. 725/76; 725/77; 725/79;

725/82; 700/83; 700/295 An aircraft data management system provides a passenger (58) Field Of Search ................... .. 700/83, 295; 709/208; seated on the aircraft With a number of entertainment and

244/1185; 725/76, 77, 82, 79 productivity enhancing options. Such options include, With out limitation, video, audio, internet, airplane systems data

(56) References Cited and poWer. Located proximate to each seat group is an integrated seat box that includes a network interface card

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3,753,072 * 8/1973 Jurgens .............................. .. 320/163 the required data an(ll/0r Power from devices that interface 3,795,771 3/1974 Gunderson et a1, __ 370/242 With a network controller back to the requesting passenger. 4,584,603 4/1986 Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 725/76 Both on-aircraft and off-aircraft devices may be accessed by

4,763,360 8/1988 Daniels et a1 - - - - -- 455/3-06 the system. While particularly draWn to aircraft, the data

4,774,514 9/1988 Hlldebrandt et ‘11 340/971 management system is also applicable to other venues have gngisaeitail identi?able seating locations such as buses, passenger ships,

4:896:209 1/1990 Magtsuzaki et al. 725/12 hotels and audltonums' 4,920,432 4/1990 Eggers et al. 386/96 4,975,696 12/1990 Salter, Jr. et al. ................. .. 340/973 39 Claims, 28 Drawing Sheets

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5,568,484 10/1996 Margis ............................... .. 370/452

5,640,297 * 6/1997 LabaZe ..... .. 361/683

5,666,291 * 9/1997 Scott et al. . 709/250

5,745,159 4/1998 Wax et a1. 725/76 5,754,445 5/1998 Jouper et a1. .. 700/295 5,790,175 * 8/1998 Sklar et al. .......................... .. 725/76

5,790,787 8/1998 Scott et al. ......................... .. 709/250

5,793,614 8/1998 Tollbom ....... .. 361/732

5,808,661 * 9/1998 In?esto et a1. . 348/14.01 5,831,805 11/1998 Sekine et a1. .. 361/86 5,835,127 11/1998 Booth et a1. ......................... .. 725/76

5,848,367 12/1998 Lotocky et a1. ..................... .. 701/36 5,945,631 * 8/1999 Henrikson et a1. .. 174/34 5,959,596 9/1999 McCarten et a1. ..................... .. 345/2

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

David A. Stamper, Local Area Networks, Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., ISBN 0—8053—7729—8 pp. 54—58.* “Data compression increases available video channels; in—?ight passenger entertainment improves as a result of data compression technology”, Oct. 16, 1991, Flight Inter national, p. 13. Reed, Arthur ,“To make in—?ight amusement pay”, Dec. , 1991, Air Transport World, p. 107. Norris, Guy, “The systematic approach; electric systems in the Boeing 777”, Aug. 31, 1994, Flight International, p. 73. Daly, Kieran, “Entertaining engineers; airlines experiencing problems With interactive in—?ight—entertainment technol ogy”, Apr. 5, 1995, Flight International, p. 32. “Optibase & BEA Make MPEG Flyl”, Digital Video NeWs, July 1995, p. 1. “The IFE System that Takes You into the Future—NOW!”, Digital Video NeWs, Jul. 1995. “Formation Introduces First IFE Media Server Meeting Requirements of Microsoft Interactive Television Soft Ware”, Sep. 11, 1995, Business Wire, page 9111382. “Concurrent Computer and GTE Airfone demonstrate video breakthrough for in—?ight entertainment”, Sep. 12, 1995, Business Wire, p. 9121314. “First totally digitaliZed in—?ight system . . . . ”, 1995, Business Wire.

entertainment

“BE Aerospace interactive video system successfully debuts on British AirWays B747; Company aWarded $33 million in neW seating programs”, Business Wire, Nov. 21, 1995, p. 11210095. “Video—On—Demand Trial Starts on Alitalia Airlines”, 1995 , European Media Business & Finance. “TNCi Continues AirvieWTM Enhancement With Telephone Interface”, Nov. 1995, PR NeWsWire. Krause, Reinhardt, “Live video peps up in—?ight entertain ment; Technology Information”, Electronic NeWs (1991), Jan. 29, 1996, p. 18. Harbison, Ian and Dunn, Graham, “TWo—Way Street”, March 1996, In?ight, p. 14—18. Velocci, Jr., Anthony L., “Airframers Force Discipline in High—Stakes IFE Market”, Aviation Week & Space Tech nology, Mar. 1996, p. 41—43. “AirVieW NoW Provides Customers With 500 Hours of Simultaneous Video”, PR NeWsWire, Aug. 9, 1996, p. 809ATF001. “The NetWork Connection and Lockheed Martin Pursue AirVieW In—Flight Entertainment Agreement”, PR NeWs Wire, Dec. 5, 1996, p. 1205ATTH014. “British AirWays Selects RockWell Collins for Advanced In—Flight Entertainment System Technology”, PR NeWs Wire, Feb. 16, 1998, p. 216LAMM001. “AirVieWR All—Digital In—Flight Entertainment Flies Aboard Fairlines in Airline Industry First”, PR NeWsWire, Jun. 11, 1998, p. 611NYTH008. Henderson, Danna K., “IFE goes digital”, Air Transport World, Oct. 1, 1998, p. 99. Kelly, Emma, “Facing the future: The picture is bri.”, Flight International, Oct. 7, 1998, p. 36. Kelly, Emma, “GroWing Pains”, Flight International, Oct. 7, 1998, p. 34. “Interactive Entertainment Limited Announces Strategic Alliance With the NetWork Connection, Inc. ”, Business Wire, Oct. 12, 1998, p. 1266. Gallacher, Jackie, “Money Well spent?”, Airline Business, Jan. 1999, p. 2.

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