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(12) Ulllted States Patent
(10) Patent N0.:
Nelson et al. (54)
(45) Date of Patent:
AIRCRAFT DATA SERVICES
6/1993 Daly et a1.
5,265,024 A
ll/l993 Crabill et a1.
2
Michael B. O’Meara, Seattle, WA (US)
E3322‘;
534123660 A
(73) Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (Us)
5/1995 Chen et a1‘
5,438,610 A
8/1995 Bhagat et a1.
5,448,768 A
9/1995 Zinser
5,459,469 A 5,473,679 A
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
2
patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U-S-C- 154(1)) by 0 days-
535303945 A 5,533,027 A
10/1995 Schuchman et a1. 12/1995 La Porta et a1.
gilggixsglzieétaii 6/1996 Chavez, Jr‘ et a'L 7/1996 Akerberg et a1.
i
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1133112?:1 ‘
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(Continued)
(21) Appl' NO‘: 13/558’935 (22)
Filed:
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
Jul. 26, 2012
(65)
0890907
Nov. 29, 2012
3/1998 l/l999
OTHER PUBLICATIONS Lemme, Peter et 211., “Email from an Aircraft: High Speed and Low
Continuation of application No. 11/143,738, ?led on
C050”, www.airfax2000.C0IIVWp/030620QaSP, PP~ 1'3, Man 2000
Jun. 3, 2005, now Pat. No. 8,250,221, which is a
_
division of application No. 09/884,724, ?led on Jun.
(Commued)
19,
2001,
now
Pat.
No.
7,177,939,
which is
a
_
_
_
_
continuation-in-part of application No. 09/312,011,
Prlmary Exammer *Pamce Wmder
?led On May 14, 1999, HOW Pat. NO. 6,760,778.
(74) Alwrneyl Agem, or Firm * Woodcock Washburn LLP
(51) Int. Cl.
(57)
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term The systemincludes a data Communication Server’ hav_
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communication server establishes the radio communication path over one of a plurality of wireless data networks includ
1 e
ing packet data networks and satellite data networks and preferably includes a pre-determined software architecture.
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,642,775 A 5,179,571 A
ABSTRACT
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(75) Inventors: Eric A. Nelson, Bellevue, WA (US);
( * ) Notice:
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References Cited
6,201,797 B1
3/2001 Leuca et al.
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
6,212,377 B1 6,215,811 B1 6,219,694 B1
4/2001 Dufour et a1. 4/2001 YueIl 4/2001 LaZaridis et al.
A A A A A A A A A A A A
6,240,513 6,249,913 6,269,243 6,285,878 6,292,835 6,308,045 6,332,077 6404769 6,463,270 6,477,152 6,529,706 6,636,721
5,805,633 A 5,805,683 5,815,810 5,850,445 5,862,471 5,862,490 5,878,215 5,881,235 5,884,157 5,887,258 5,890,079 5,894,596 5915214 5,923,743 5940381 5,946,618 5,950,129 5969318 5,973,722 5974349 5,983,227 5,990,928 5,991,596 5,995,725 6,014,557 6,014,561 6,014,606 6,034,950 6,038,223 6,038,456 6,047,176 6,061,562 6,064,887
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
9/1996 11/1996 11/1996 12/1996 4/1997 5/1997 5/1997 8/1997 8/1997 2/1998 6/1998 8/1998
Gregorek et al. Foti D>Amic0 et 31‘ Jonsson Mann et al. Crow WOO et 31‘ Liechty et al. Hermansson et al. Farmakis et al. Sklar et 31‘ Schuchman et 31‘
9/1998 Uddenfeldt 9/1998 9/1998 12/1998 1/1999 1/1999 3/1999 3/1999 3/1999 3/1999 3/1999 4/1999 6/1999 7/1999 8/1999 8/1999 9/1999 10/1999 10/1999 10/1999 11/1999 11/ 1999 11/1999 ll/l999 l/2000 l/2000 V2000 3/2000 3/2000 3/2000 4/2000 5/2000 5/2000
Berberich Gallant et 31‘ Chan et a1‘ Tiedemann, Jr. et al. Sasuta et a1. Kling et 31‘ Mills Karmi Lemozit et 31‘ Levine Hayes, Jr‘ Reece et a1‘ Sklar Freeburg et a1‘ Agre et a1‘ Schmid et a1‘ Mackenthun Wakai et a1‘ Levine NaZem et al. Sklar et a1. Cunningham et a1. Dillon Morton et a1. Molne Tu Sauer etal. Hansson etal. Colby eta1~ Sakamoto et al. Martin et al. Kallioniemi et a1.
B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
6,646,998 B1 6,675,208 6,760,757 6,760,778 6785712 6795408 7,020,708 7,035,634 7,177,939 7,194,523 8,250,221 2001/0041553 2002/0032006 2002/0072389 2003/0003872 2003/0041155 2003/0055975 2004/0193732 2005/0220055 2007/0220109
B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1
5/2001 6/2001 7/2001 9/2001 9/2001 10/2001 12/2001 6/2002 10/2002 11/2002 3/2003 10/2003
Frlédman er a1~ Gal1peau et al. Corbe?n et al. L91 Huang Wnght et al. Wu et al. KaPOOT Chang et a1~ H1?“ M1tchell Threadgill et al.
11/2003 111192111611 1/2004 7/2004 7/2004 8/2004 9/2004 3/2006 4/2006 2/2007 3/2007 8/2012 11/2001 3/2002 6/2002 1/2003 2/2003 3/2003 9/2004 10/2005 9/2007
R111 er a1~ Lundberg et al. Nelson et al. H9899 er a1~ H19“ Nelson et al. Mead et al. Nelson et al. Nelson et al. Nelson et al. Chang et al. Nair et a1. Ward et al. Brinkley et a1. Nelson et al. Nelson et al. Nelson et al. Nelson et al. Nelson et al.
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS EP EP FR W0 W0 W0 W0
1017188 1209928 2733922 WO 96/03846 W0 00/149g7 W0 02/103931 W0 02/103932
7/2000 5/2002 7/2000 2/1996 3/2000 12/2002 12/2002
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
6,078,805 A 6,088,598 A
6/2()()() Scott 7/2000 Marsolais
Kerr, R.B., “Data communications management for the Boeing 777 airplane,” IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference, pp. 51-56,
6,088,717 A
7/2000 Reed et al.
Nov. 1995.
6,112,078 A
8/ 2000 Sormunen et al.
6,138,016 6,147,980 6,173,159 6,173,332 6,181,990
A A B1 B1 B1
10/2000 11/ 2000 1/2001 1/2001 1/2001
Kulkarni et al. Yee et al. Wright et al. Hickman Grabowsky et al.
Perkins, C., “1P Mobility Support, Network Working Group, Request for Comment: 2002”, pp. 1-79, Oct. 1996. International Search Report mailed Oct. 8, 2002 for PCT Application No. PCT/US02/19336, 5 pages. International Search Report mailed Dec. 6,2002 for PCT Application No. PCT/US02/19337, 3 pages.
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(12) Ulllted States Patent
(10) Patent N0.:
Nelson et al. (54)
(45) Date of Patent:
AIRCRAFT DATA SERVICES
6/1993 Daly et a1.
5,265,024 A
ll/l993 Crabill et a1.
2
Michael B. O’Meara, Seattle, WA (US)
E3322‘;
534123660 A
(73) Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (Us)
5/1995 Chen et a1‘
5,438,610 A
8/1995 Bhagat et a1.
5,448,768 A
9/1995 Zinser
5,459,469 A 5,473,679 A
Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
2
patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U-S-C- 154(1)) by 0 days-
535303945 A 5,533,027 A
10/1995 Schuchman et a1. 12/1995 La Porta et a1.
gilggixsglzieétaii 6/1996 Chavez, Jr‘ et a'L 7/1996 Akerberg et a1.
i
Tlhis patent is subject to a terminal dis
1133112?:1 ‘
C almer'
(Continued)
(21) Appl' NO‘: 13/558’935 (22)
Filed:
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
Jul. 26, 2012
(65)
0890907
Nov. 29, 2012
3/1998 l/l999
OTHER PUBLICATIONS Lemme, Peter et 211., “Email from an Aircraft: High Speed and Low
Continuation of application No. 11/143,738, ?led on
C050”, www.airfax2000.C0IIVWp/030620QaSP, PP~ 1'3, Man 2000
Jun. 3, 2005, now Pat. No. 8,250,221, which is a
_
division of application No. 09/884,724, ?led on Jun.
(Commued)
19,
2001,
now
Pat.
No.
7,177,939,
which is
a
_
_
_
_
continuation-in-part of application No. 09/312,011,
Prlmary Exammer *Pamce Wmder
?led On May 14, 1999, HOW Pat. NO. 6,760,778.
(74) Alwrneyl Agem, or Firm * Woodcock Washburn LLP
(51) Int. Cl.
(57)
G06F 15/16 US‘ Cl‘
(2006 ' 01)
term The systemincludes a data Communication Server’ hav_
Fleld of Classl?catlon Search None
_
ing a plurality of interface units, for facilitating data
_
_
communication between a moving object and one or more
See apphcanon ?le for Complete Search hlstory(56)
R f
ground terminals via a radio communication path. The data
Ct d
e erences
communication server establishes the radio communication path over one of a plurality of wireless data networks includ
1 e
ing packet data networks and satellite data networks and preferably includes a pre-determined software architecture.
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,642,775 A 5,179,571 A
ABSTRACT
A meth0 d and sy stem p rovl~de e f? clent, ~ ? exl~b1 e, and conve nient data communication services over public wireless sys
UISPC ......... .... ...... ... ..................... .. 709/228; 709/230
(58)
0828353
EP
(C ont_lnued)
Related U's' Apphcatlon Data
(52)
EP
Prior Publication Data US 2012/0303826 A1
(60)
*Nov. 5, 2013
5,222,128 A
(75) Inventors: Eric A. Nelson, Bellevue, WA (US);
( * ) Notice:
US 8,578,037 B2
2/1987 Cline et a1.
l/l993 Schilling
16 Claims, 21 Drawing Sheets 1500
APPLICATIONS (AP) SPORTS SCORE
1i
usnosm
APPUFATION PROGRAMMING lmEllmE (AH)
l5_ TCP/IP SDWICES
AVIDNICA SERVICES
NRURE API ADMIN
l
M m mm . ABM/615 STACK mmmsmnuu ‘P 5W
mg
1
SYSTEM RESOURCES (SR)
BRI DRIVER “29 DMR
'.
A429/573 SIACK
RRI DRIVER
W
?n DRIVER ETHERNET DRIVER DB5 URNER
SUI. DAIABAS JAVM VA
US 8,578,037 B2 Page 2 (56)
5,557,658 5,577,103 5579379 5,583,917 5,621,734 5,627,546 5,627,548 5,657,032 5,657,373 5,714,948 5,760,819 5,798,726
References Cited
6,201,797 B1
3/2001 Leuca et al.
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
6,212,377 B1 6,215,811 B1 6,219,694 B1
4/2001 Dufour et a1. 4/2001 YueIl 4/2001 LaZaridis et al.
A A A A A A A A A A A A
6,240,513 6,249,913 6,269,243 6,285,878 6,292,835 6,308,045 6,332,077 6404769 6,463,270 6,477,152 6,529,706 6,636,721
5,805,633 A 5,805,683 5,815,810 5,850,445 5,862,471 5,862,490 5,878,215 5,881,235 5,884,157 5,887,258 5,890,079 5,894,596 5915214 5,923,743 5940381 5,946,618 5,950,129 5969318 5,973,722 5974349 5,983,227 5,990,928 5,991,596 5,995,725 6,014,557 6,014,561 6,014,606 6,034,950 6,038,223 6,038,456 6,047,176 6,061,562 6,064,887
A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A
9/1996 11/1996 11/1996 12/1996 4/1997 5/1997 5/1997 8/1997 8/1997 2/1998 6/1998 8/1998
Gregorek et al. Foti D>Amic0 et 31‘ Jonsson Mann et al. Crow WOO et 31‘ Liechty et al. Hermansson et al. Farmakis et al. Sklar et 31‘ Schuchman et 31‘
9/1998 Uddenfeldt 9/1998 9/1998 12/1998 1/1999 1/1999 3/1999 3/1999 3/1999 3/1999 3/1999 4/1999 6/1999 7/1999 8/1999 8/1999 9/1999 10/1999 10/1999 10/1999 11/1999 11/ 1999 11/1999 ll/l999 l/2000 l/2000 V2000 3/2000 3/2000 3/2000 4/2000 5/2000 5/2000
Berberich Gallant et 31‘ Chan et a1‘ Tiedemann, Jr. et al. Sasuta et a1. Kling et 31‘ Mills Karmi Lemozit et 31‘ Levine Hayes, Jr‘ Reece et a1‘ Sklar Freeburg et a1‘ Agre et a1‘ Schmid et a1‘ Mackenthun Wakai et a1‘ Levine NaZem et al. Sklar et a1. Cunningham et a1. Dillon Morton et a1. Molne Tu Sauer etal. Hansson etal. Colby eta1~ Sakamoto et al. Martin et al. Kallioniemi et a1.
B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
6,646,998 B1 6,675,208 6,760,757 6,760,778 6785712 6795408 7,020,708 7,035,634 7,177,939 7,194,523 8,250,221 2001/0041553 2002/0032006 2002/0072389 2003/0003872 2003/0041155 2003/0055975 2004/0193732 2005/0220055 2007/0220109
B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 A1
5/2001 6/2001 7/2001 9/2001 9/2001 10/2001 12/2001 6/2002 10/2002 11/2002 3/2003 10/2003
Frlédman er a1~ Gal1peau et al. Corbe?n et al. L91 Huang Wnght et al. Wu et al. KaPOOT Chang et a1~ H1?“ M1tchell Threadgill et al.
11/2003 111192111611 1/2004 7/2004 7/2004 8/2004 9/2004 3/2006 4/2006 2/2007 3/2007 8/2012 11/2001 3/2002 6/2002 1/2003 2/2003 3/2003 9/2004 10/2005 9/2007
R111 er a1~ Lundberg et al. Nelson et al. H9899 er a1~ H19“ Nelson et al. Mead et al. Nelson et al. Nelson et al. Nelson et al. Chang et al. Nair et a1. Ward et al. Brinkley et a1. Nelson et al. Nelson et al. Nelson et al. Nelson et al. Nelson et al.
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS EP EP FR W0 W0 W0 W0
1017188 1209928 2733922 WO 96/03846 W0 00/149g7 W0 02/103931 W0 02/103932
7/2000 5/2002 7/2000 2/1996 3/2000 12/2002 12/2002
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
6,078,805 A 6,088,598 A
6/2()()() Scott 7/2000 Marsolais
Kerr, R.B., “Data communications management for the Boeing 777 airplane,” IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference, pp. 51-56,
6,088,717 A
7/2000 Reed et al.
Nov. 1995.
6,112,078 A
8/ 2000 Sormunen et al.
6,138,016 6,147,980 6,173,159 6,173,332 6,181,990
A A B1 B1 B1
10/2000 11/ 2000 1/2001 1/2001 1/2001
Kulkarni et al. Yee et al. Wright et al. Hickman Grabowsky et al.
Perkins, C., “1P Mobility Support, Network Working Group, Request for Comment: 2002”, pp. 1-79, Oct. 1996. International Search Report mailed Oct. 8, 2002 for PCT Application No. PCT/US02/19336, 5 pages. International Search Report mailed Dec. 6,2002 for PCT Application No. PCT/US02/19337, 3 pages.
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