US 2021/0082289 A1Published application

Method and computer device for transmitting an information stream associated with a user device

AssigneeBombardier Inc.

InventorDaniel SEGUIN

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Abstract

A method and a networking device for transmitting an information stream are provided. The method is executable by a router. The router and a device are located on-board a vehicle and communicatively coupled by an on-board LAN. The router is communicatively coupled to external systems. The method comprises: establishing a first channel between the device and a first external system by using the on-board LAN; transmitting, via the first channel, the information stream; monitoring decision metrics associated with external systems; identifying a second external system to be prioritized over the first external system; switching from the first to a second channel, the switching being seamless to a user, the switching comprising establishing the second channel between the device and the second external system by using the on-board LAN, storing a portion of the information stream; and transmitting via the second channel, the information stream without interruption during the switching.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A method of transmitting an information stream associated with a user device, the method executable by a router, the router and the user device being located on-board a vehicle and being communicatively coupled by an on-board local area network, the router being further communicatively coupled to a plurality of external data source systems and a storage, the method comprising:

establishing, by the router, a first communication channel between the user device and a first one of the plurality of external data source systems by using the on-board local area network;
transmitting, by the router via the first communication channel, the information stream associated with the user device;
monitoring, by the router, a plurality of decision metrics for the plurality of external data source systems, the plurality of decision metrics being indicative of a priority parameter for each one of the plurality of external data source systems;
identifying, by the router, a second one of the plurality of external data source systems based on the priority parameters, the second one of the plurality of external data source systems to be prioritized over the first one of the plurality of external data source systems for transmitting the information stream;
switching, by the router, from the first communication channel to a second communication channel for transmitting the information stream, the switching being seamless to a user of the user device, the switching comprises:
establishing, by the router, a second communication channel between the user device and the second one of the plurality of external data source systems by using the on-board local area network;
and
storing, by the router, at least a portion of the information stream in the storage;
and
transmitting, by the router via the second communication channel instead of via the first communication channel, the information stream such that the information stream is uninterrupted during the switching from the first communication channel to the second communication channel.

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A networking device for transmitting an information stream associated with a user device, the networking device and the user device being located on-board a vehicle and being communicatively coupled by an on-board local area network, the networking device being further communicatively coupled to a plurality of external data source systems and to a storage storing configuration files, when the networking device executes the configuration files the networking device being configured to:

establish a first communication channel between the user device and a first one of the plurality of external data source systems by using the on-board local area network;
transmit, via the first communication channel, the information stream associated with the user device;
monitor a plurality of decision metrics for the plurality of external data source systems, the plurality of decision metrics being indicative of a priority parameter for each one of the plurality of external data source systems;
identify a second one of the plurality of external data source systems based on the priority parameters, the second one of the plurality of external data source systems to be prioritized over the first one of the plurality of external data source systems for transmitting the information stream;
switch from the first communication channel to a second communication channel for transmitting the information stream, the switching being seamless to a user of the user device, the networking device configured to switch comprises the networking device being configured to:
establish a second communication channel between the user device and the second one of the plurality of external data source systems by using the on-board local area network;
and
store at least a portion of the information stream in the storage;
and
transmit, via the second communication channel instead of via the first communication channel, the information stream such that the information stream is uninterrupted during the switching from the first communication channel to the second communication channel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/970,501Filed 18 Feb 2019
Priority: 19 Feb 2018
Published: 18 Mar 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H04B 7/18506
Airborne stations: communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service
H04W 72/20
Local resource management: control channels or signalling for resource management
H04B 7/18508
Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service: with satellite system used as relay, i.e. aeronautical mobile satellite…
H04W 36/00
Hand-off or reselection arrangements

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Application62/632,160Us provisional application · filed 19 Feb 2018
US 11,849,450 B2Related patent
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