Entertainment Systems Utilizing Field Replaceable Storage Units
First Claim
1. A vehicular entertainment system, comprisinga plurality of physically similar field replaceable storage units (FRSUs);
- a first set of the FRSUs and one or more second sets of the FRUSs, where each set stores a similar digital media content set;
a head unit media server having at least one FRSU receptacle configured to receive the first set of the FRSUs and configured to access the digital media content set from the first set of FRSUs; and
a plurality of media players disposed within a cabin of a vehicle, where(a) each media player communicatively couples to the media server over a network,(b) each having at least one FRSU receptacle configured to receive any one of the second sets of FRSUs, and(c) each configured to access and play passenger related content from the digital media content set of an installed second set of FRSU.
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Abstract
Vehicular entertainment systems where devices in the systems can each utilize a common type of storage units are presented. A vehicular entertainment system can include a media server head unit in communication over a network with a plurality of media players that are installed about the cabin of a vehicle. Media content can be stored on a plurality of field replaceable storage units where each of the storage units can be installed in any one of the players or the server. Each of the storage units can store a substantially identical content set including passenger content, player content, server content, crew content, or other types of content. The server or players can be restricted from accessing content to which they lack rights, possibly based on a location identifier that indicates roles or responsibilities of the players at their installed location.
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17 Claims
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1. A vehicular entertainment system, comprising
a plurality of physically similar field replaceable storage units (FRSUs); -
a first set of the FRSUs and one or more second sets of the FRUSs, where each set stores a similar digital media content set; a head unit media server having at least one FRSU receptacle configured to receive the first set of the FRSUs and configured to access the digital media content set from the first set of FRSUs; and a plurality of media players disposed within a cabin of a vehicle, where (a) each media player communicatively couples to the media server over a network, (b) each having at least one FRSU receptacle configured to receive any one of the second sets of FRSUs, and (c) each configured to access and play passenger related content from the digital media content set of an installed second set of FRSU. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of distributing updated entertainment content within a vehicular entertainment system, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of physically similar field replaceable storage units (FRSUs); providing a first set of the FRSUs and one or more second sets of the FRSUs, where each set stores a similar a digital media content set; providing access to a head unit media server configured to access the digital media content set from the first set of FRSUs and having at least one FRSU receptacle in which is installed at least one FRSU of the first set FRSUs; providing access to a plurality of installed media players within a cabin of a vehicle, where each of the media players (a) is communicatively coupled to the media server over a network, (b) has at least one FRSU receptacle in which is installed one of the second sets of FRSUs, and (c) is configured to access and play at least a portion of the digital media content set from one of its installed FRSUs; replacing at least one of the first set of FRSUs in the media server with another FRSU from a third set of FRSUs storing an updated digital content set; and replacing the digital media content set of the installed media player with at least a portion of the updated digital content set. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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