Telecon Attendees

Agenda Review & Minutes Approval

1. 
   Review and approve minutes from first meeting (copy attached)
   
2. 
   Hear input from those attending the Inmarsat Conference
   
3. 
   Continue to add to the list of issues to be addressed by the WG
   
4. 
   Plan the work to be done at our next meeting on June 13 in Seattle (during TC meeting)
   
5. 
   Adjourn by 9:30 am Pacific time
   

There being no changes to the agenda, the minutes of the previous meeting of April 26 were revised to indicate the need for configuration control of deliverable documents. The minutes were then deemed approved.

Several members who had attended the Inmarsat Conference in London last week provided input on presentations there:

1. 
   Inmarsat is still looking for applications for the new 64Kb/sec capability
   
2. 
   There are two versions of high-speed data (HSD): M4 (circuit mode) and IPDS (packet mode).
   
3. 
   The timeframe for getting HSD in place is vague
   
4. 
   The costs for use of HSD are also vague.
   
5. 
   DBS TV is also being evaluated by Inmarsat.
   

The group reviewed and discussed the new issues submitted by Rich in his May 23 memo titled “Issue for WG.” Key points included:

1. 
   Licensing of web content is a subject of high interest and may warrant a focused ad hoc group to identify the issues.
   
2. 
   The group should address the legal/rights issues of both Intranet and broadband Internet systems.
   
3. 
   Are there less licensing issues if the web sites are not altered when cached onboard? That is, will an airline incur more licensing issues if they customize a web site versus using it “as is” on the ground server?
   
4. 
   How will we handle the advertising banners that blink on web pages? Are there programs to filter out those banner ads?
   
5. 
   Can onboard servers collect the number of “hits” to websites so that information can be used to facilitate advertising sales?
   

Some suppliers expressed concern that their solutions to many of these issues not be shared with competitors. It was reiterated and reaffirmed that the WG’s mission was to educate the IFE community on the general issues inherent in Internet onboard but not to disclose any specific solutions for those issues (i.e. we do not want proprietary solutions disclosed).

The next meeting was scheduled for June 13-14 in Seattle as part of the TC meeting. Rich noted that Tim Force (BCAG) and Bruce Bassett (MAS) had volunteered to co-chair the WG, and we may need another co-chair or leaders for ad hoc groups. Rich will work off-line with the co-chairs to plan the agenda for the June 13-14 meeting, including organization of the issues into logical categories for ad hoc groups to address, and drafting a strawman reference model to show the end-to-end system and interfaces that may need work.

Approved minutes submitted by Rich Salter on June 27, 2000