US 9,794,815 B2Granted

Dynamic time based product

AssigneeGogo LLC

InventorBryan Adrian Lauer

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Abstract

The system and method alters the data delivery service plan of a subscriber in response to a network degradation event that negatively affects the subscriber's plan during transportation (e.g. in flight). In response to the subscriber's request, the system and method grants the subscriber access to the in-flight network and/or data during the flight. Additionally, the system and method monitors and detects network degradation events during the flight. If an event occurs that negatively affects the subscribers plan during the flight, the system and method determines a time extension for the subscriber to access the network and/or data based on the duration of the network degradation event. The system and method also modifies the subscriber's plan based on the determined time extension and notifies the subscriber about the network degradation event and plan modification. The plan modification may credit the subscriber additional time, data, and/or services.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An in-flight data delivery system for providing a dynamic, time-based data delivery service to airline passenger subscribers during flight, comprising:

(i) one or more computing devices communicatively coupled to one or more communication networks, the one or more communication networks configured to communicatively interconnect an aircraft and a ground network;
(ii) one or more non-transitory computer-readable memories accessible to the one or more computing devices and storing thereon instructions;
and
(iii) one or more processors executing the instructions so that the system:
detects an occurrence of a network degradation event, wherein the network degradation event occurs during a flight of the aircraft when at least a portion of the one or more communication networks has a response speed that exceeds a degradation threshold;
determines whether or not the occurrence of the network degradation event is intentional based on a flight stage of the in-flight aircraft;
when the occurrence of the network degradation event is determined to be intentional based on the flight stage of the in-flight aircraft, maintains an in-flight data delivery service plan associated with a subscriber device onboard the in-flight aircraft for accessing data via the one or more communication networks during the flight;
and
when the occurrence of the network degradation event is determined to be not intentional based on the flight stage of the in-flight aircraft, (i) determines, in response to the detection of the occurrence of the network degradation event, a modification to the in-flight data delivery service plan associated with the subscriber device for accessing data via the one or more communication networks during the flight;
and (ii) modifies the in-flight data delivery service plan associated with the subscriber device to include the modification.

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A method for providing a dynamic, time-based data delivery service to vehicle passenger subscribers during travel, comprising:

detecting, by one or more computing devices, an occurrence of a network degradation event, wherein the network degradation event occurs while a vehicle is in transit and one or more communication networks have a response speed that exceeds a degradation threshold, the vehicle being an in-flight aircraft, and the one or more communication networks communicatively coupling one or more subscriber devices onboard the vehicle with a ground network;
upon detecting the occurrence of network degradation event, determining, by the one or more computing devices, whether or not the occurrence of the network degradation event is intentional based on a flight stage of vehicle;
when the occurrence of the network degradation event is determined to be intentional based on the flight stage of the vehicle, maintaining, by the one or more computing devices, an in-flight data delivery service plan associated with a subscriber device onboard the vehicle for sending and/or receiving data via the one or more communication networks while the vehicle is in transit;
and
when the occurrence of the network degradation to event is determined to be not intentional based on the flight stage of the vehicle, (i) determining, by the one or more computing devices, a modification to the in-flight data delivery service plan associated with the subscriber device for sending and/or receiving data via the one or more communication networks while the vehicle is in transit;
and (ii) applying, by the one or more computing devices, the modification to the in-flight data delivery service plan associated with the subscriber device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/995,459Filed 14 Jan 2016 · continuation
Priority: 30 May 2014
Published: US 2016/0127934 A15 May 2016
Granted: 17 Oct 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

H04W 24/08
Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements: testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
G06Q 50/14
Services: travel agencies
G06Q 50/40
Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g.…:…
H04B 7/18506
Airborne stations: communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service

Family

Application14/291,562Parent of this continuation · filed 30 May 2014
US 2016/0127934 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 May 2016
US 9,258,432 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2015/0350457 A1Published application
US 9,794,815 B2This patent

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