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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
May. 10, 2023
Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
John Azmy, Orange, CA (US);
Karim Chebil, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing video programs for passengers on commercial passenger vehicles is provided. The method includes obtaining satellite beam coverage information indicative of beam coverages of one or more commercial passenger vehicles by one or more satellites; checking subscription information corresponding to a subset of commercial passenger vehicles in a beam coverage area of a particular satellite beam; generating, based on a result of the checking, a video program package including one or more video programs subscribed by the subset of commercial passenger vehicles; and transmitting the video program package to a satellite providing the particular satellite beam such that the one or more video programs of the video program package are transmitted through the particular satellite beam to the subset of commercial passenger vehicles.