ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,091, issued on April 21, was assigned to Panasonic Avionics Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Techniques for providing video programs for passengers on commercial passenger vehicles" was invented by John Azmy (Orange, Calif.) and Karim Chebil (Newport Coast, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing video programs for passengers on commercial passenger vehicles is provided. The method includes obtaining satellite beam coverage information indicative of beam coverages of one or more commercial passenger vehicles by one or more satellites; checking subscription information corresponding to a subset of commercial passenger ve...