Patents Assigned to Intheairnet, LLC
  • Patent number: 8892792
    Abstract: An in-flight system provides a user with an entertainment environment including movies, music, games, internet, map, etc. The in-flight system provides stored media content on one or more servers located throughout an aircraft cabin and each server is associated with a plurality of seats. In a preferred embodiment, the in-flight system provides for a communication port (e.g., USB or mini-USB connector or micro-USB connector) for connection to personal electronic device providing access to the server containing the stored media, access to an internet connection, and power. In one embodiment, the in-flight system provides for a seat display unit (typically located in the seat back of the next forward seat) and associated media module hardware to process the stored media content and drive the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Intheairnet, LLC
    Inventors: Howard Isham Royster, Michael J. Rogerson, Benjamin Alexander Medvitz
  • Patent number: 8843969
    Abstract: An in-flight entertainment system includes a server and a server/client interface. The server/client interface interfaces with the server and a display unit to retrieve a specified data block requested by the display unit, where the server/client interface sends a command to a storage device controller of the server to retrieve the specified data block from a storage device under the control of the server. The server/client interface operating based on its own control logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Intheairnet, LLC
    Inventor: Howard Isham Royster
  • Publication number: 20140282038
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing a passenger with a comprehensive software application that is associated with the passenger's flight plan and is spatially aware of the passenger's location and/or feedback with the application in order to assist the passenger with flight related tasks is disclosed. The method includes providing a different interactive map to each of a plurality of passengers on an aircraft can include packaging and transmitting flight specific data, graphical representation of the retrieved map imagery data, and the text layer with a server based application for receipt by a client based application for display and interaction, requiring additional packaging and transmitting. Alternative methods include providing an interactive map by requesting and receiving flight specific data and map imagery using a client based application running on a personal electronic device (PED) and then rendering and displaying the map imagery data per instructions of the client based application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: InTheAirNet, LLC.
    Inventors: Howard Isham ROYSTER, Michael J. ROGERSON, Benjamin Alexander MEDVITZ
  • Publication number: 20130346484
    Abstract: An in-flight entertainment system includes a server and a server/client interface. The server/client interface interfaces with the server and a display unit to retrieve a specified data block requested by the display unit, where the server/client interface sends a command to a storage device controller of the server to retrieve the specified data block from a storage device under the control of the server. The server/client interface operating based on its own control logic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: INTHEAIRNET, LLC
    Inventor: Howard Isham Royster
  • Patent number: 8533763
    Abstract: An in-flight entertainment system includes a server and a server/client interface. The server/client interface interfaces with the server and a display unit to retrieve a specified data block requested by the display unit, where the server/client interface sends a command to a storage device controller of the server to retrieve the specified data block from a storage device under the control of the server. The server/client interface operating based on its own control logic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Intheairnet, LLC
    Inventor: Howard Isham Royster