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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2020
Applicant:
Product Development Technologies, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark W. Schwartz, Wauconda, IL (US);
George J. Guffey, Volo, IL (US);
Michael Kuehn, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Assignee:
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/11 (2013.01); H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04N 21/214 (2011.01); G06F 8/60 (2018.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/116 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04W 4/38 (2018.02); B64D 11/0015 (2013.01); G06F 8/60 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H04B 10/11 (2013.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04N 21/214 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for updating and maintaining an onboard entertainment server on an aircraft includes a gate LiFi access point positioned in a gate area of an airport, the gate LiFi access point having a removable server. An aircraft LiFi receiver is positioned in the aircraft, the aircraft LiFi receiver and the removable server capable of line-of-sight transmission of updated data and a content loader receives the updated data in the onboard entertainment server.