Patents by Inventor Aihua Helen Song

Aihua Helen Song has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Content security on in-vehicle entertainment
    Patent number: 11151227
    Abstract: A system for providing entertainment on a vehicle for passengers is described. The system includes (a) a server storing media files and corresponding media keys and (b) monitors storing subsets of the media files and the corresponding media keys. The system includes a server disposed on the vehicle to store the media files and the media keys for the vehicle; monitors disposed on the vehicle to present media selections to passengers corresponding to the media files stored by the server, locally, or on other monitors disposed on the vehicle, and receive an input from a passenger for playing one of the selections. The system also includes selectively revoking the media keys on the server or the monitors. Program logic executed by the server and the monitors implements secure, digital rights management processes as they pertain to the media files presented on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC AVIONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aihua Helen Song, Philip Watson, Kwok Liang Poo
  • CONTENT SECURITY ON IN-VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT
    Publication number: 20210019380
    Abstract: A system for providing entertainment on a vehicle for passengers is described. The system includes (a) a server storing media files and corresponding media keys and (b) monitors storing subsets of the media files and the corresponding media keys. The system includes a server disposed on the vehicle to store the media files and the media keys for the vehicle; monitors disposed on the vehicle to present media selections to passengers corresponding to the media files stored by the server, locally, or on other monitors disposed on the vehicle, and receive an input from a passenger for playing one of the selections. The system also includes selectively revoking the media keys on the server or the monitors. Program logic executed by the server and the monitors implements secure, digital rights management processes as they pertain to the media files presented on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Aihua Helen Song, Philip Watson, Kwok Liang Poo