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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Lake Forest, CA (US);

Inventor:

Philip Watson, Lake Forest, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/40 (2022.01); B64D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/102 (2013.01); B64D 11/00155 (2014.12); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/0254 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/168 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for a transportation vehicle are provided. One method includes generating a packet by an application executed by a processor of a first seat device of an in-flight entertainment system having a plurality of seat devices on an aircraft; dropping the packet by the seat device when the application is not authorized for Internet communication; dropping the packet by the seat device when the packet is one of a broadcast packet, multicast packet or destined to a second seat device of the in-flight entertainment system; determining that the seat device Internet traffic is below a threshold value; and transmitting the packet to a network device when the application is authorized, and the packet is not a broadcast packet, multicast packet or destined for a second seat device.


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