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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1999
Adam P. Conrad, Los Angeles, CA (US);
John L. Norin, Hawthorne, CA (US);
Rômulo Pontual, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Peter W. Smith, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jeffrey M. Wales, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
News America, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An end-to-end global distribution system that can produce and deliver live content as well as pre-recorded content and other content, to commercial passenger aircraft via a satellite and ground-based infrastructure. The content can include live television, pre-recorded content, advertisements as well as other content such as software applications, internet material, etc. The delivered content can be tailored based on distribution criteria such as airline, aircraft, origin and destination, flight number, cabin class, and others. Such system can be advertiser-supported and include targeted and distribution specific advertisements. Furthermore, access to the content can be controlled by various conditional access parameters at the server level, to various aircraft zones, and at the passenger level.