Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for forecasting availability of network services during flight
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Application No.: US16458936Application Date: 2019-07-01
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Publication No.: US10939304B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Jason Halsey , Ryan Sands
- Applicant: SATCOM DIRECT, INC.
- Applicant Address: US FL Melbourne
- Assignee: SATCOM DIRECT, INC.
- Current Assignee: SATCOM DIRECT, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Melbourne
- Agency: Lowndes
- Agent Stephen C. Thomas; Sean S. Wooden
- Main IPC: H04W16/18
- IPC: H04W16/18 ; H04B7/185 ; G08G5/00 ; G01C21/20 ; G01S19/42 ; G06T11/00 ; G06T11/60

Abstract:
System and method for forecasting availability of network services during flight is provided. The system of the disclosed invention utilizes flight plans and coverage data to provide users aboard aircraft with status of satellite Internet services. The system couples the flight plans with the coverage data to provide information regarding how the flight path of the aircraft will affect availability of Internet services during the flight. The method includes retrieving a flight plan to generate a flight path having one or more waypoints, transmitting one or more service coverage data from service providers, coupling the flight path with the service coverage data to determine portions of the flight path in which the network service is unavailable, and delivering to the users information about the service unavailable portions of the flight path.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200008079A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORECASTING AVAILABILITY OF NETWORK SERVICES DURING FLIGHT Public/Granted day:2020-01-02
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