Aircraft in-flight entertainment system providing weather information and associated methods
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1. An aircraft in-flight entertainment system comprising:
- at least one entertainment source;
a satellite weather information receiver for receiving at least one weather related programming channel from at least one satellite;
a plurality of displays for displaying images from said at least one entertainment source and for displaying weather related information corresponding to selected geographic areas; and
a signal distribution network connecting said at least one entertainment source and said satellite weather information receiver to said plurality of displays.
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Abstract
An aircraft in-flight entertainment system includes a satellite weather information receiver receiving a weather related programming channel from a satellite, and at least one passenger display connected to the satellite weather information receiver for displaying weather related information corresponding to a selected geographic area. A passenger control unit is associated with each passenger display for selecting the geographic area.
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1. An aircraft in-flight entertainment system comprising:
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at least one entertainment source;
a satellite weather information receiver for receiving at least one weather related programming channel from at least one satellite;
a plurality of displays for displaying images from said at least one entertainment source and for displaying weather related information corresponding to selected geographic areas; and
a signal distribution network connecting said at least one entertainment source and said satellite weather information receiver to said plurality of displays. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An aircraft in-flight entertainment system comprising:
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at least one entertainment source;
a satellite weather information receiver for receiving at least one weather related programming channel from at least one satellite;
a map image device for generating map images of selected geographic areas;
a plurality of displays for displaying images from said at least one entertainment source, and for displaying weather related information on the map images corresponding to the selected geographic areas; and
a signal distribution network connecting said at least one entertainment source, said satellite weather information receiver and said map image device to said plurality of displays. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An aircraft in-flight entertainment system comprising:
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a satellite receiver for receiving at least one weather related programming channel and at least one entertainment related programming channel from at least one satellite;
at least one pilot display for displaying weather related information from said satellite receiver corresponding to selected geographic areas;
a signal distribution network connecting said satellite receiver to said at least one pilot display; and
a plurality of passenger control units;
said signal distribution network connecting said satellite receiver to said plurality of passenger displays. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for operating an aircraft in-flight entertainment system comprising at least one entertainment source, a satellite weather information receiver, a plurality of displays, and a signal distribution network connecting the at least one entertainment source and the satellite weather information receiver to the plurality of displays, the method comprising:
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receiving via the satellite weather information receiver at least one weather related programming channel from at least one satellite, the at least one weather related programming channel providing weather related information; and
displaying on the plurality of displays the weather related information corresponding to selected geographic areas. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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