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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180341 | 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 stations or flight patterns around the market area. Each of the aircraft tar... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8160577 | Method and apparatus for providing intelligent deactivation of electronic devices in aircraft A method and apparatus for automatically deactivating an electronic device during flight of an aircraft. The method utilizes a global positioning system (GPS) or assisted global positioning system (AGPS) circuit to facilitate computing the acceleration, velocity and... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155641 | System and method for preventing lapses of communication in radio voice communications A system and method are provided for preventing lapses of communication in radio voice communications. The system may include a communications transceiver for transmitting signals through a communications antenna. A protection antenna, which may be isolated from the... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150391 | System and method for using a cellular telephone in a mobile vehicle A system for connecting a cellular phone located in a mobile vehicle such as an aircraft, land vehicle, water craft or space craft to a stationary mobile telephone network includes a mobile radio base station on board the mobile vehicle that converts mobile radio da... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145208 | Air-to-ground cellular communication network terrestrial base station having multi-dimensional sectors with alternating radio frequency polarizations The Multi-Link Aircraft Cellular System makes use of multiple physically separated antennas mounted on the aircraft, as well as the use of additional optional signal isolation and optimization techniques to improve the call handling capacity of the Air-To-Ground cel... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135399 | Method for determining an identifier corresponding to a frequency set on a display unit of the cockpit and system of implementation A method for the determining, on board an aircraft, of an identifier of a communications center with which an aircraft crew wishes to enter into contact, includes the following operations: a) the writing, by the crew, of a radio-communications frequency to a display... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131288 | Seamless transitioning of air-to-ground traffic An apparatus and a method may be provided by which a user aboard an aircraft may use a processing device to communicate with another device, which is not located aboard the aircraft, via an air-to-ground network connection. A communication satellite may provide conn... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121593 | System and method for air-to-air communications using network formed between aircraft A system and method for aircraft communications is provided. The system includes a first wireless base station deployed in a first aircraft and configured to establish one or more wireless links, and a second wireless base station deployed in a second aircraft and c... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116763 | Airborne basestation A wireless communications basestation that utilizes a light weight high directivity electronically-steerable antenna mounted on a lighter-than-air vehicle to providing relay broadband communication service among mobile units in a geographic area is provided. The lig... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103271 | Aircraft data radio with alternative channel selection A data link radio system onboard an aircraft communicates with a plurality of ground stations that employ either an analog communication protocol or a digital communication protocol. A database contains information related to each ground station and its respective c... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8081969 | System for creating an aircraft-based internet protocol subnet in an airborne wireless cellular network The Aircraft IP Subnet System provides wireless communication services to passengers located onboard an aircraft by storing data indicative of individually identified wireless devices that are located onboard the aircraft. The Aircraft IP Subnet System assigns a sin... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078163 | System for customizing electronic content for delivery to a passenger in an airborne wireless cellular network The Customized Electronic Services Delivery System provides customized electronic services to passengers who are located onboard an aircraft by storing data indicative of a plurality of electronic services that are available to passengers who are located onboard an ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078162 | Airborne wireless communication systems, airborne communication methods, and communication methods An airborne wireless communication system includes circuitry configured to access information describing a configuration of a terrestrial wireless communication base station that has become disabled. The terrestrial base station is configured to implement wireless c... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073443 | SIP client-based local number portability through an aircraft air-to-ground link The SIP Number Portability System disables the cellular radios in the wireless device and enables a WiFi 802.11 protocol-based radio. In the airborne mode, it activates a call forwarding registration process which has calls to the subscriber's publicly available pho... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068829 | System for customizing electronic services for delivery to a passenger in an airborne wireless cellular network The Customized Electronic Services Delivery System provides customized electronic services to passengers who are located onboard an aircraft by storing data indicative of a plurality of electronic services that are available to passengers who are located onboard an ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060083 | System for managing an aircraft-oriented emergency services call in an airborne wireless cellular network The Aircraft Emergency Services Call Management System enables the unique identification of each passenger wireless device in use in an aircraft and the corresponding identification of the passenger associated with the passenger wireless device. This passenger wirel... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045977 | Method for maintaining datalink network throughput by delaying lower priority messages A method of maintaining datalink network throughput in a communications channel by delaying lower priority messages is provided. The method comprises receiving periodic channel occupancy data from a radio, and updating channel occupancy status from the channel occup... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036653 | Establishing and conducting communications within a network Systems and methods are disclosed for establishing and conducting communications within a network. The discloses systems and methods may include determining a scheduled time period for communications between a first communication node and a second communication node... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032135 | System for transmitting wireless high-speed data signals between a terrestrial-based antenna and an aircraft A system and method for providing wireless high-speed data services for an aircraft. Wireless data signals can be received and transmitted by one or more directional antennae on the aircraft which can be dynamically directed to track one or more terrestrial-based an... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019337 | Aircraft data transmission system for transmitting data between an aircraft and a transmission station located outside thereof The invention relates to an aircraft data transmission system for transmitting data between the aircraft and a transmission station located outside thereof. The inventive system includes a transmitting/receiving device for transmitting and receiving data messaged fr... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019338 | Reconfigurable aircraft communications system with integrated avionics communication router and audio management functions A reconfigurable radio communication subsystem is provided comprising a first radio communication unit communicatively coupled to a first antenna and a second antenna, and a second radio communication unit communicatively coupled to a third antenna and the first or ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019336 | Slice based architecture for a multifunction radio An electronic radio system multifunction slice (100) for a electronic radio system (400). The slice (100) includes an antenna interface (102), several multi-band transceivers (106-112), a processor (104), and an avion... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8005474 | Cell phone locator method A method of locating a cellular phone on an aircraft includes detecting a cellular phone transmission of a passenger on an aircraft, logging a subscriber number and a serial number of the phone, transmitting the subscriber number and the serial number of the phone t... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7957735 | System and method for associating a wireless mobile communications device with a specific vehicle A communications system may include a first transceiver and a second transceiver both mountable to a vehicle. The first transceiver may include a range substantially limited to a close proximity of the vehicle. The communications system may also include a mobile com... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957734 | Push/pull information system for airborne networks A wireless communications system, and a corresponding method, for use with an aircraft, includes airborne base station equipment mounted on the aircraft, the base station equipment capable of communication with wireless devices used by subscribers on the aircraft an... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949335 | Multi-modal portable communications gateway A multi-modal portable communications gateway for operation in an airport environment is disclosed. The multi-modal portable communications gateway may include a communication interface, a controller that controls the operation of the multi-modal portable communicat... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945259 | Global roaming services for telecommunications systems A method of providing telecommunication service via a terminating device aboard an aircraft is disclosed and includes receiving data related to identification information included on an aircraft boarding pass at a boarding pass reader interface. The method also incl... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941139 | Method and apparatus for the transmission of data The invention provides a method of and an apparatus for transmitting data, in particular in aircraft, with wireless transmitting and receiving units which are operated on an operating frequency of more than 30 GHz and preferably in a frequency range of between 56 GH... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7920860 | System for managing the multiple air-to-ground communications links originating from each aircraft in an air-to-ground cellular communication network The Multi-Link Aircraft Cellular System makes use of multiple physically separated antennas mounted on the aircraft, as well as the use of additional optional signal isolation and optimization techniques to improve the call handling capacity of the Air-To-Ground cel... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7904081 | ACARS messages over iridium A system in a method are provided for sending and receiving messages between a point located on the ground and a point located on an aircraft via an Iridium Short Burst Data Service. The messages may conform to Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) Specif... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904082 | ACARS messages over iridium A system in a method are provided for sending and receiving messages between a point located on the ground and a point located on an aircraft via an Iridium Short Burst Data Service. The messages may conform to Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee (AEEC) Specif... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899452 | Methods and systems for providing a proxy service Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a location proxy. The disclosed systems and methods include associating a user device with a confining area. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods include reporting the location of a proxy device corresponding... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7860497 | Dynamic configuration management Configuration of hardware and software onboard a mobile platform may be dynamically managed without significantly impacting a data stream from the mobile platform. Configuration data for equipment and resident software aboard a mobile platform is electronically repo... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7835734 | System and method for wireless routing of data from an aircraft An avionics communication system comprises a wireless router located on an aircraft and configured to transceive wireless signals; and a processing unit located in the aircraft and configured to supply the wireless router with configuration parameters after determin... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826839 | Communication system to facilitate airborne electronic attack A method of disrupting communications reception of a target radio receiver. A plurality of transmitters transmit a noise signal toward the target radio transceiver. Each of the plurality of transmitters has a receiver associated therewith A first transmitter ceases ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822415 | In-flight transceiver and locator system Military systems in particular face two specific problems: field casualties typically increase as unit visibility decreases and it is often difficult for ground stations and/or headquarters to maintain control and visibility of geographically dispersed assets. The s... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813729 | System and method for associating a wireless mobile communications device with a specific vehicle A communications system may include a first transceiver and a second transceiver both mountable to a vehicle. The first transceiver may include a range substantially limited to a close proximity of the vehicle. The communications system may also include a mobile com... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7801522 | Unmanned lighter-than-air safe termination and recovery methods Innovative new methods in connection with lighter-than-air free floating platforms, of facilitating legal transmitter operation, platform flight termination when appropriate, environmentally acceptable landing, and recovery of these devices are provided. Especially,... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7801521 | System and method for communicating with aircraft through cellular base station towers An antenna arrangement, method, and cellular communications system for transmitting and receiving signals between a base station tower, ground-based mobile subscribers, and an aircraft. The antenna arrangement includes a vertically oriented array of antenna elements... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7783289 | Mobile communication system and controller, mobile station and method for use therein A mobile communication system is described. The system has an infrastructure that includes base stations and has mobile stations, a mobile terminal and a mobile controller. Each mobile station is operable to communicate with one of the base stations. The mobile term... | 08/24/2010 |
