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Android's applications, like Apple's, have opened up a new world of choices for personal enjoyment, as well as new smart device business applications on aircraft. In addition, for the IFEC market it has allowed a whole new hardware architecture for cabin systems that also turns the business model upside down in today's PED centric cabin.
InTheAirNet's hardware approach is different. Instead of patching Android on current heavy, expensive legacy systems, a completely new distributed, redundant network is focused around connecting passenger smart devices, and eliminates the server based head-end centric reliance from the past.
What this means for the industry is an unprecedented reduction in cabin equipment prices. It remains to be seen how this will affect current industry buying practices, but it certainly fits Intel's Andy Grove 10 X quote, "What such a transition does to a business is profound, and how the business manages this transition determines its future."
InTheAirNet has developed an unprecedented modular, scalable system called THER that allows customers to mix or match cabin class equipment, buy only the features they want, add capabilities seamlessly later, choose any communications pipe they wish today, or change it tomorrow.
Focusing on the passenger PED, and featuring a blend of aircraft and personal media content while keeping the passengers devices charged in flight, THER has solved the cabin bandwidth issues present in all of today's IFEC systems. While it wirelessly delivers Internet and email applications, it saves the heavy bandwidth lifting for a USB connection which also keeps passenger's devices charged.
The scalable InTheAirNet THER system fits wide bodies, single aisle, and large business aircraft. Starting with a basic system that totally enriches the passenger PED experience, customers can if they wish, add the industry's best selling passenger map, choose an embedded seat display for business or economy. Or perhaps, they want to just add audio for passengers without PEDs? It's possible to have all the industry leading features, some, or just help the passenger's PED experience -- their choice.
The complete THER system is in certification now and the company will start sales activities the first quarter of 2012. Each of the modules will receive PMA to facilitate STCs on multiple aircraft
Pretty unique? InTheAirNet thinks so, and that is why many of the THER features described herein are being protected by patent applications.
Best,
Michael Rogerson
Chairman