Local network for data exchange between portable micro-computers of aircraft passengers
CA 2460397 A1 · Owner: Thales · Inventors: Coupier, Alain; Noel, Pierre; Catros, Jean-Yves
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The invention concerns the provision of Internet service at seat level (4) in an aircraft passenger cabin in aircraft not initially equipped for such services but having a passenger cabin equipped with electric power distribution network supplying through distribution terminals (9) groups (1 2, 3) of passenger seats (4). It consists in mounting in the passenger cabin a local network for data exchange with Internet access dedicated to the portable micro-computers of passengers which uses accessible passenger seat (4) network connection receptacles corresponding to the usual standard for portable micro-computers and wireless links for connecting said network connection receptacles to its …
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- Filed January 31, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 31, 2023.
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