Patents by Inventor Sam MARTORELLA

Sam MARTORELLA 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).

  • Providing aircraft in flight roaming for passenger electronic devices to home mobile network operator
    Patent number: 11523267
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin communication system includes a wireless access point (WAP) and a connectivity server. The WAP transmits a beacon indicating Hotspot capability and identifying an open SSID, establishes a connection with a first passenger electronic device (PED) carried onboard an aircraft responsive to communications received from the first PED using the open SSID, and provides a list of mobile network operators (MNOs) to the first PED. The connectivity server receive a request to setup a PDU session through the Internet for the first PED. The request identifies a mobile network operator (MNO) associated with the first PED. The connectivity server initiates authentication using extensible authentication protocol (EAP) communications with the first PED and an authorization, authentication, and accounting (AAA) server associated with a partner MNO connected with the MNO identified by the first PED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Thales Avionics, Inc.
    Inventors: Maneesha Sumien, Sam Martorella, Mitchell Miers, Martin A. Matura, Agnes Galzy
  • PROVIDING AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT ROAMING FOR PASSENGER ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO HOME MOBILE NETWORK OPERATOR
    Publication number: 20220312181
    Abstract: An aircraft cabin communication system includes a wireless access point (WAP) and a connectivity server. The WAP transmits a beacon indicating Hotspot capability and identifying an open SSID, establishes a connection with a first passenger electronic device (PED) carried onboard an aircraft responsive to communications received from the first PED using the open SSID, and provides a list of mobile network operators (MNOs) to the first PED. The connectivity server receive a request to setup a PDU session through the Internet for the first PED. The request identifies a mobile network operator (MNO) associated with the first PED. The connectivity server initiates authentication using extensible authentication protocol (EAP) communications with the first PED and an authorization, authentication, and accounting (AAA) server associated with a partner MNO connected with the MNO identified by the first PED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Maneesha SUMIEN, Sam MARTORELLA, Mitchell MIERS, Martin A. MATURA, Agnes GALZY