Aircraft communications system with adaptive streaming video and associated methods
US9654807B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8456
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An aircraft communications system includes a satellite video receiver, a video signal transcoder coupled to the satellite video receiver to convert live video signals therefrom from one video format to another, and an adaptive streaming video processor coupled to the video signal transcoder. The adaptive streaming video processor creates video data files at different data rates, and divides the video data files into shorter chunks of video data along with associated index files. An access point is coupled to the adaptive streaming video processor for providing a wireless local area network (WLAN) within the aircraft to distribute the shorter chunks of video data and associated index files to personal electronic devices (PEDs) within the aircraft as requested by the PEDs based on communication conditions within the aircraft.
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