ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,111, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Panasonic Avionics Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Antenna system of in-flight entertainment and communication system" was invented by Jaideep Malhotra (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This patent document describes techniques related to antenna system of an in-flight entertainment and communication (IFEC) system provided in a commercial passenger vehicle. The antenna system comprises monitors associated with passenger seats on the commercial passenger vehicle and configured to display entertainment content for passengers, wireless transceivers disposed outside of the monitors and con...