US 11,706,826 B2
Methods and systems for deploying a portable computing device on a transportation vehicle
Steven Bates, Lake Forest, CA (US); Sanjiv Pimple, Irvine, CA (US); and Philip S. Watson, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Assigned to Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Lake Forest, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/39,119.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104289 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 4/42 (2018.01); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [H04W 4/42 (2018.02); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions for performing a method, comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the machine to:
pair, by an in-flight entertainment (IFE) system, an electronic device via a first network connection;
connect a portable computing device, configured to operate as an application server, to the IFE system via a dedicated second network connection; wherein the portable computing device is connected by assigning a host name to the portable computing device; providing a security certificate to the portable computing device; validating, by the IFE system, the security certificate and the host name; assigning, by the IFE system, a network access address to the portable computing device; and mapping, by the IFE system, the network access address to the host name for establishing the dedicated second network connection;
present, by the electronic device, an option with an embedded link to access the portable computing device;
verify, by the IFE system, that the embedded link is valid, upon receiving an input via the option;
transmitting, by the IFE system, the input to the portable computing device, transparent to the electronic device; and
receive, by the electronic device, content from the portable computing device, unaware that the content is sent by the portable computing device.