US Patent Issued to Panasonic Avionics on May 20 for "Engagement measurement in in-flight entertainment systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,443, issued on May 20, was assigned to Panasonic Avionics Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Engagement measurement in in-flight entertainment systems" was invented by Kenneth William Sain (Irvine, Calif.), Andrew Timothy Masson (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), Mehdi Izadyar (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) and Anand Desikan (San Ramon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for data collection in a commercial travel setting is described. The system includes a plurality of sensor circuits that collect a plurality of sensor data values from in-flight entertainment (IFE) network. The system includes a sensor data processor that interprets the plurality...