Method for interfacing passenger electronic devices with passenger controllable functions and aircraft cabin network

An aircraft cabin network, comprising:

• a cabin server configured to, in response to a transmission of a seat-based identification token by a personal electronic device, PED, of a passenger of a passenger aircraft,
• request completion of a challenge presented by the cabin server by a user of the PED,
• check whether the user of the PED successfully responded to the challenge,
• determine an access level of the PED based on the response to the challenge by the PED, the access level being a local mode when the response to the challenge was unsuccessful or a connected mode when the response to the challenge was successful, and
• upon successfully responding to the challenge, admit access for the user of the PED to one of a plurality of passenger controllable functions belonging to a passenger seat associated with the seat-based identification token transmitted by the PED associated with the access level.

A method for interfacing passenger electronic devices, PEDs, with passenger controllable functions, the method comprising:

• transmitting, by a PED, a seat-based identification token to a cabin server of a passenger aircraft associated with a passenger seat, wherein the seat-based identification token includes invisible codes or patterns embedded in smart fabrics or dyes disposed on the passenger seat or in the vicinity of the passenger seat;
• requesting, by the cabin server in response to a transmission of the seat-based identification token, completion of a challenge presented by the cabin server by a user of the PED;
• determining, by the cabin server, an access level of the PED based on a response to the challenge by the PED, the access level being a local mode when the response to the challenge was unsuccessful or a connected mode when the response to the challenge was successful;
• and
• upon the user successfully responding to the challenge, admitting, by the cabin server, access for the user of the PED to passenger controllable functions belonging to the passenger seat associated with the seat-based identification token transmitted by the PED associated with the access level.