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7613452 System and method for providing communications services  
An enhanced services system for a telecommunications network includes operator equipment accessible by an operator, and a routing system for routing a call from a caller to the operator equipment....
7599691 System and method for internet access on a mobile platform  
A communication system is provided for use with a mobile platform. The communication system can be configured to store video data on-board to allow pseudo-live or live broadcasts to be played as...
7580528 Secure terminal data loader apparatus and method for a mobile platform  
A terminal data loading device on a mobile platform includes a media unit for receiving a transportable media element containing media data and outputting a media signal to a control processor...
7565143 Wireless client device  
Because wired connections make changing the seating configuration difficult, a wireless client device enables stable wireless transmission. The wireless client device wirelessly transmits to and...
7565105 Carrier  
The transportation system, such as airplane, which comprises the internal wireless communicating system and the external antenna system. The passenger(s) in the transportation system may access...
7558603 Method and system for providing information and for communication in vehicles  
An information and communication system arranged in a vehicle permitting vehicle passengers to access locally held information and/or to use external applications and services includes a server. At...
7558569 Induced cellular communications handover  
A wireless communications system and method provides wireless communications service for user equipment on board an aircraft. The aircraft includes on-board system equipment for supporting the...
7555297 High altitude platform deployment system  
A communication system for supporting communications with a target market area. The system includes one or more solar-powered aircraft maintained in, or successively passing through, flight...
7552034 Method and computer program for use in locating wireless base stations in a mobile communications system  
When locating base stations which are wirelessly coupled with each other and establish one or more inter-cell wireless relay routes in a mobile communications system, the heights of directional...
7548725 Null bearer system and method of connecting E1 data to the public switched telephone network  
A demonstration telecommunication system can be utilized with a public switched telephone network (PSTN) operating in a first format. The demonstration telecommunication system allows a...
7548533 Communication system for an aircraft  
An interface device for a communication network comprises a plurality of first communication nodes and a plurality of second communication nodes, wherein the interface device comprises a switching...
7529525 Method and apparatus for collecting information for use in a smart antenna system  
A method of obtaining information for use in a smart antenna system is provided. The method includes monitoring an interface between a base station controller and a base station transceiver to...
7512714 System and method for transmitting ACARS messages over a TCP/IP data communication link  
An ACARS messaging system according to the invention is deployed when a TCP/IP subnetwork is available to the aircraft. ACARS messages are encoded into ASN.1 notation and translated to become...
7496361 Configurable cabin antenna system and placement process  
A method of delivering programming to passenger seats with a wireless in-flight entertainment system in an aircraft cabin uses a configurable cabin antenna system. Control data and programming is...
7486960 System and method for wirelessly transferring content to and from an aircraft  
A system and method for wirelessly transferring content to and from a vehicle, in particular, an aircraft. The content includes, for example, data, voice, video and multimedia, that can be...
7483696 Cellular wireless network for passengers cabins  
A cellular wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) system is used in an aircraft for delivering programming to passengers. A head end server provides data and programming to cells. Each cell...
7480506 Satellite communication system  
A communication system has a plurality of ground stations and a plurality of satellites located in a first orbit with respect to the earth. The satellites generate a plurality of beams...
7463882 Method for redirecting contacts and setting up redirection  
A method for setting up redirection of contacts coming to a terminal (A) to at least one other communication system (A′), which is advantageously located outside the mobile communication network...
7460866 Position location for airborne networks  
A wireless communications system, and a corresponding method, for use with an aircraft, includes airborne pico cell base stations mounted on the aircraft, the base stations capable of communication...
7460830 Inter-satellite crosslink communications system, apparatus, method and computer program product  
A communications system, apparatus, method, and computer program product for inter-satellite and inter-spacecraft crosslinks (ISL) with non-ISL optimized antennas on spacecraft. The system includes...
7454203 System and method for providing wireless services to aircraft passengers  
A wireless communications system and method for use with aircraft includes an airline network and an aircraft communications system. The airline network includes a reservation system having a...
7454202 Low data rate mobile platform communication system and method  
A method is provided for providing communication and surveillance services to a mobile platform. The method includes substantially simultaneously communicating between a plurality ground based...
7450901 Methods and apparatus for path discovery between a mobile platform and a ground segment  
A method for discovering a data routing path via satellite link to a mobile platform from a ground segment of a communications network. The mobile platform and ground segment communicate via...
7430415 Real-time programming of electronic radio system resource assets  
A method to efficiently implement a reconfigurable electronic radio system ( 400 ) including resource assets ( 402 - 408, 410 - 416, 418, 420 - 426, 428 ) and a processor ( 428 ). The processor (...
7426387 Wireless, ground link-based aircraft data communication system with roaming feature  
A flight information communication system has a plurality of RF direct sequence spread spectrum ground data links that link respective aircraft-resident subsystems, in each of which a copy of its...
7423987 Feeder link configurations to support layered modulation for digital signals  
Systems and methods are disclosed for feeder link configurations to layered modulation. One feeder link system employs feeder link spot beam to antennas in distinct coverage areas to enable...
7418261 Status reporting system and method  
A status reporting system for components used in a mobile platform includes a fault manager within the mobile platform for assigning a state indicator to each component. Each state indicator...
7418236 Extraterrestrial communications systems and methods including ancillary extraterrestrial components  
A system for communications on an extraterrestrial body may include a space-based component and an ancillary extraterrestrial component on the extraterrestrial body. The space-based component may...
7406309 Cellular radio system  
A method for forwarding incoming cellular communications to an aircraft is provided. A request is received to divert incoming calls for a cellular telephone number to a communication system on...
7403772 Telecommunications system with reflective airborne platform  
A cellular-type wireless communications system, comprising: an airborne platform that reflects wireless communication signals; and a centralized base station associated with at least one cell, each...
7398086 System and method to locate radiomobiles outside the coverage of a cellular network  
A method and system for detecting and locating at least one mobile in a standby mode using a search device located at a certain altitude above the at least one mobile. A simulation of a cellular...
7398069 Navigation morse decode display  
A method and device for displaying radio frequency information, including a database of stored radio frequency identifiers and radio frequency information corresponding thereto, and a processor...
7398057 Security messenger system  
The invention provides a communication and control system and method including a portable control and display unit, such as a portable handheld pocket PC, an aircraft mounted integrated Global...
7395084 Dynamic antenna allocation system  
A communication system with an antenna array having a respective antenna for each of a multitude of communication modules and a control system which seiectiyely reassigns communication over a first...
7385527 Smart airport automation system  
A smart airport automation system gathers and reinterprets a wide variety of aircraft and airport related data and information around unattended or non-towered airports. Data is gathered from many...
7379707 System for concurrent mobile two-way data communications and TV reception  
A low profile mobile in-motion antenna and transmit/receive terminal system for two-way “VSAT” type satellite communication using FSS service, preferably in Ku band, supporting at the same time...
7359703 Adaptive communications system and method  
System and method for the adaptive control of VHF communications in aircraft. In one embodiment, the invention includes an adaptive communications system for an aircraft having a communications...
7356336 Systems and methods of recording events onboard a vehicle  
A system is provided that comprises a vehicle (e.g., aircraft) including a plurality of modules (e.g., line-replaceable units—LRU's) capable of communicating over a plurality of buses (e.g.,...
7349826 Causal ladder mechanism for proactive problem determination, avoidance and recovery  
A plurality of causal ladder is assembled in advance from component system events taken from previous system failures. The ladders classify the various transitions the system goes through from one...
7346036 Route server monitor  
Propagation of a mobile platform's public IP address though Internet service providers is monitored as the mobile platform is handed-off from a first ground station to a second ground station. The...
7343157 Cell phone audio/video in-flight entertainment system  
An airborne cell phone in-flight entertainment (IFE) system uses a cell phone for calls and IFE requests by dialing appropriate numbers. A pico cell receives the calls and the IFE requests. A soft...
7328012 Aircraft communications system and related method for communicating between portable wireless communications device and ground  
An aircraft communications system includes a wireless local area network (LAN) access point positioned within the aircraft that receives and transmits wireless communications to and from at least...
7328011 Management of mobile networks  
Exemplary methods and systems manage a mobile network. A mobile network node is managed when the node is connected to the network. However, an alarm is not necessarily generated when the node is...
7317916 Stratospheric-based communication system for mobile users using additional phased array elements for interference rejection  
A communication system has a stratospheric platform with a payload controller and a phased array antenna having a plurality of main array elements for generating a plurality of communication beams...
7313362 High altitude airborne craft used as radio relay and method for placing said airborne craft on station  
The present invention relates to an aircraft and to a method of getting the aircraft onto station. According to the invention, said aircraft ( 1 ) includes propulsion means ( 2 ) capable only of...
7313143 Method for diversity site group operations in air/ground communications  
Shortcomings in conventional Very High Frequency (VHF) Digital Link Mode 3 (VDL-3) communication techniques for implementing air/ground (A/G) diversity site group (DSG) communication are identified...
7280825 Aircraft in-flight entertainment system including low power transceivers and associated methods  
An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system includes an antenna, an external communications transceiver connected to the antenna for communicating external the aircraft, and a plurality of...
7272356 Information delivery system  
In an information distribution system for outputting information using an information output unit that is distributed from an information distribution unit, it is an object of the present invention...
7263356 Global roaming services for telecommunications systems  
A system and method for extending a user's communications services to an airplane seat telephone terminal proximate the user while the user is aboard an airplane is provided. The system includes a...
7260389 Mobile platform distributed data load management system  
A method for loading software items on a mobile platform computer based system includes storing published content in a published content repository of a distributed data manager system (DDMS)...
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