Patent ID: 9402182
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A secured aircraft wireless network access system, the system comprising: at least one server, the at least one server comprising one or more electronic flight bag (EFB) service applications; an aircraft data network comprising a network coupled to the at least one server; a wireless access point having a plurality of single user wireless channels, the wireless access point coupled to the aircraft data network; and at least one Near Field Communication (NFC) node hardwire coupled to the wireless access point, the NFC node located within the cockpit of an aircraft; wherein the at least one NFC node is configured to transmit a logon credential to a first EFB using a first wireless NFC link, the logon credential associated with a first single user wireless channel from the wireless access point, wherein the logon credential is freshly generated by the wireless access point upon receiving an access request via at least one NFC node from the first EFB; and wherein upon receiving the logon credential from the first EFB at the wireless access point, the wireless access point establishes a second wireless link over the first single user wireless channel with the first EFB that couples the first EFB to the one or more EFB service applications.