Aircraft in-flight entertainment system including a registration feature and associated methods
First Claim
Patent Images
1. An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising:
- a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft, each SEB being configurable for passing a registration token along to an adjacent SEB;
cabling connecting said plurality of SEBs together in a daisy chain configuration; and
registration circuitry connected to said cabling for identifying a location of each SEB based upon passing of the registration token among said plurality of SEBs.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
An aircraft in-flight entertainment system includes a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft. Each SEB is configurable for passing a registration token along to an adjacent SEB. Cabling connects the SEBs together in a daisy chain configuration. Registration circuitry is connected to the cabling for identifying a location of each SEB based upon passing of the registration token among the plurality of SEBs.
-
Citations
35 Claims
-
1. An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising:
-
a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft, each SEB being configurable for passing a registration token along to an adjacent SEB;
cabling connecting said plurality of SEBs together in a daisy chain configuration; and
registration circuitry connected to said cabling for identifying a location of each SEB based upon passing of the registration token among said plurality of SEBs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising:
-
a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft, each SEB being configurable for passing a registration token along to an adjacent SEB;
cabling connecting said plurality of SEBs together in a daisy chain configuration; and
registration circuitry connected to said cabling for performing the following for identifying a location of each SEB polling said plurality of SEBs for a first SEB and receiving a response from the first SEB, sending registration confirmation to the first SEB, the first SEB then passing the registration token to a next sequentially ordered SEB based upon the received registration confirmation, polling said plurality of SEBs for the next sequentially ordered SEB having the registration token and receiving a response therefrom, and repeating the sending of registration confirmation and the polling for the next sequentially ordered SEB until a last sequentially ordered SEB has been registered. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
-
-
20. A method for registering a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) for an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system and being connected together by cabling in a daisy chain configuration, the method comprising:
passing a registration token among the plurality of SEBs to thereby identify a location of each SEB. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
-
29. A method for registering a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) for an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system, the plurality of SEBs being connected together in a daisy chain configuration using cabling, the method comprising:
-
polling the plurality of SEBs for a first SEB and receiving a response from the first SEB;
sending registration confirmation to the first SEB, the first SEB then passing a registration token to a next sequentially ordered SEB based upon the received registration confirmation;
polling the plurality of SEBs for the next sequentially ordered SEB having the registration token and receiving a response therefrom; and
repeating the sending of registration confirmation and the polling for the next sequentially ordered SEB until a last sequentially ordered SEB has been registered. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
-
Specification