System for delivering multimedia content to airline passengers
First Claim
1. A system for providing multimedia content to a passenger on an aircraft, the system comprising:
- a video display unit disposed proximate to a seat to which the aircraft passenger is assigned, the video display unit comprising a display screen and a video decoder; and
a user input device communicatively linked to the video display unit, wherein, in response to the aircraft passenger manipulating the user input device to select an on-demand video, signals representing an on-demand video are transmitted to the video display unit, and received by the video decoder, wherein the video decoder decodes the signals, thereby permitting the on-demand video to be displayed on the display screen.
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Abstract
A system for delivering multimedia content to airline passengers is provided. According to various implementations, the system has a video display unit disposed proximate to a seat to which the aircraft passenger is assigned. The video display unit itself has a display screen and a video decoder. A user input device is communicatively linked to the video display unit. When the aircraft passenger manipulates the user input device, signals representing an on-demand video are transmitted to the video display unit, and received by the video decoder. The video decoder then decodes the signals, thereby permitting the on-demand video to be displayed on the display screen.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing multimedia content to a passenger on an aircraft, the system comprising:
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a video display unit disposed proximate to a seat to which the aircraft passenger is assigned, the video display unit comprising a display screen and a video decoder; and
a user input device communicatively linked to the video display unit, wherein, in response to the aircraft passenger manipulating the user input device to select an on-demand video, signals representing an on-demand video are transmitted to the video display unit, and received by the video decoder, wherein the video decoder decodes the signals, thereby permitting the on-demand video to be displayed on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for providing multimedia content to a plurality of passengers on an aircraft, each passenger being assigned to one of a plurality of seats of the aircraft, the system comprising:
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a plurality of video display units, each associated with, and proximate to, one of the plurality of seats, wherein each video display unit comprises a display screen and a video decoder;
a plurality of user input devices, each communicatively linked with one of the plurality of video display units;
a data network located on the aircraft, wherein each of the plurality of user input devices is communicatively linked to the data network; and
a head end unit communicatively linked to the data network, wherein a plurality of on-demand videos are electronically stored in the head end unit, wherein, in response to an aircraft passenger of the plurality of aircraft passengers manipulating the user input device that is communicatively linked to the video display unit associated with the seat to which the aircraft passenger is assigned, signals representing a on-demand video of the plurality of on-demand videos are transmitted to that video display unit over the data network, and are received by the video decoder of that video display unit, and wherein the video decoder decodes the signals, thereby permitting the on-demand video to be displayed on the display screen of that video display unit.
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- 12. The system of claim 12, wherein the data network comprises an Ethernet network and a plurality of RF video links, wherein each of the plurality of display units is communicatively linked to the Ethernet network and wherein the video display unit at which the aircraft passenger manipulates the user input device receives the signals representing the on-demand video receives said signals via one or more of the plurality of RF video links.
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20. A system for providing video and audio content, the system comprising:
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an aircraft comprising a fuselage;
a floor disposed within the fuselage;
a plurality of passenger aircraft seats coupled to the floor;
a local area network having a plurality of nodes that are distributed throughout the aircraft;
a head end server communicatively linked to the local area network at one of the plurality of nodes;
a plurality of video display units, each video display unit of the plurality being coupled to a seat of the plurality of seats and communicatively linked to the local area network at one of the plurality of nodes; and
a plurality of RF video links, wherein the head end server delivers on-demand video content to one or more of the video display units via one or more of the RF video links, wherein each video display unit comprises a processor, a display screen, and a touch-sensitive interface disposed on the display screen, wherein, in response to a passenger touching the display screen, the head end server transmits on-demand video to the video display unit, and wherein the video display unit transmits data representing the hardware status of the video display unit to the head end server via the local area network.
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