US 12,289,478 B2
Adaptive on-board media channel interface
Christopher J. Demange, Carlsbad, CA (US); and Ronald L. Seager, Carlsbad, CA (US)
Assigned to VIASAT, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by VIASAT, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/674,625.
Application 18/674,625 is a continuation of application No. 17/617,515, granted, now 12,022,134, previously published as PCT/US2019/036336, filed on Jun. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0314366 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/214 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2146 (2013.01) [H04N 21/25883 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An on-board media delivery and interface (MD/I) system disposed on a transport craft, the on-board MD/I system comprising:
a provider network interface to communicate with an off-board network of a communications system;
an on-board network interface to communicate, via an on-board communications network, with a plurality of client devices disposed on the transport craft; and
a media channel request controller to:
communicate with the plurality of client devices via the on-board network interface to direct display of an adaptive on-board media channel interface in accordance with interface control signals received from the off-board network via the provider network interface, the adaptive on-board media channel interface graphically indicating a plurality of media channel offerings in accordance with respective prominence parameters indicated by the interface control signals, the prominence parameters impacting relative graphical prominence of each media channel offering relative to some or all of the plurality of media channel offerings, the interface control signals generated by the off-board network in accordance with aggregating media viewership signals from at least the transport craft to compute respective aggregated viewership scores for the plurality of media channel offerings, such that the respective prominence parameters for the plurality of media channel offerings are automatically updated to maintain correspondence to the respective aggregated viewership scores for the plurality of media channel offerings;
transmit the media viewership signals to the off-board network via the provider network interface, the media viewership signals indicating viewership of the plurality of media channel offerings by the plurality of client devices; and
receive the interface control signals from the off-board network via the provider network interface in accordance with the media viewership signals.