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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2023
Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Jaideep Malhotra, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
PANASONIC AVIONICS CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for creating a localized wireless network zone for a passenger on a commercial passenger vehicle is provided. The system comprises: a first media playback device and a second media playback device that are respectively disposed on a first passenger seat and a second passenger seat in the commercial passenger vehicle, each of the first media playback device and the second media playback device operable as a seat hotspot by creating a localized wireless network zone covering passenger seats located in a vicinity of the first passenger seat and the second passenger seat, respectively; and an onboard server communicatively coupled to the first media playback device and the second media playback device and configured to monitor a number of requests for a wireless connection in the commercial passenger vehicle and control at least one of the first media playback device and the second media playback device to turn on the seat hotspot based on a result of the monitoring.