REGISTRATION OF A PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE (PED) WITH AN AIRCRAFT IFE SYSTEM USING A PED GENERATED REGISTRATION IDENTIFIER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

摘要

An aircraft communications system includes at least one personal electronic device (PED) carried by an aircraft passenger, and an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system. The PED includes a PED near-field communications (NFC) device, a PED wireless transceiver, and a PED controller for transmitting a registration identifier (ID), and communicating via the PED wireless transceiver. The aircraft IFE system includes an IFE video entertainment source, IFE passenger seat displays, a respective IFE NFC device associated with each of the IFE passenger seat displays, an IFE wireless transceiver, and an IFE controller. The IFE controller is for selectively displaying video from the IFE entertainment source on the IFE passenger seat displays, and communicating with the PED wireless transceiver via the IFE wireless transceiver based upon one of the respective IFE NFC devices receiving the registration ID from the PED NFC device when in proximity thereto.

主权项

1. A communications system for an aircraft comprising:
at least one personal electronic device (PED) carried by an aircraft passenger and comprising
a PED near-field communications (NFC) device,a PED wireless transceiver, anda PED controller for
transmitting a registration identifier (ID) from said PED NFC device, andcommunicating via said PED wireless transceiver; an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising
at least one IFE video entertainment source,a plurality of IFE passenger seat displays,a respective IFE NFC device associated with each of said plurality of IFE passenger seat displays,at least one IFE wireless transceiver, andat least one IFE controller for
selectively displaying video from said at least one IFE entertainment source on said plurality of IFE passenger seat displays, andcommunicating with said PED wireless transceiver via said at least one IFE wireless transceiver based upon one of said respective IFE NFC devices receiving the registration ID from the PED NFC device when in proximity thereto.