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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Thales Avionics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Khosro Rabii, San Diego, CA (US);
Jean-Yves Couleaud, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Pierre Schuberth, Ojai, CA (US);
Pankaj Trivedi, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Thomas Jackson, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Thales Avionics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An inflight entertainment system for use in an aircraft displays commands to a passenger to move a passenger electronic device (PED) between locations defined relative a seatback display device and the passenger's seat. The system measures received signal strength indications (RSSIs) from discoverable PEDs over time while the PED is moved between the locations, and selects one of the PEDs that satisfies a defined rule for an amount of change that is observed over time in the measured RSSIs for that PED. The system then establishes a connection through a Bluetooth transceiver with a Bluetooth transceiver of the selected PED.