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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2017
Global Eagle Entertainment, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Evan Reynolds, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas Williams, Miramar, FL (US);
Angel Jose Marcial, Sunrise, FL (US);
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for switching networks aboard a moving vessel includes determining that a first network-connection device located aboard the moving vessel is communicatively coupled to a first network located off the moving vessel; determining that a second network-connection device aboard the moving vessel is able to communicatively couple to a second network, the second network selected from available networks located off the moving vessel; and connecting the second network-connection device to the second network. The method may further comprise connecting the first network-connection device to the second network; reducing the first communication activity and increasing the second communication activity; receiving an available network control from the network geographic data memory structure, the available network control comprising a list of the one or more available networks; and disconnecting the second network-connection device from the second network in response to the connection value being less than the connection threshold value.