CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [H04W 4/42 (2018.02); H04W 12/069 (2021.01)] | 20 Claims |
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.
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