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Method of distributing audio programming to passenger entertainment systems, and apparatus

  • US 5,404,567 A
  • Filed: 07/16/1993
  • Issued: 04/04/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of distributing audio programs to passenger entertainment systems on-board a plurality of aircraft, comprising the steps of:

  • providing audio data including a plurality of audio programs;

    encoding said data to produce compressed digitally coded audio data;

    storing said compressed digitally coded data onto a hard-disk array;

    transmitting the stored compressed digitally coded data from a central facility for being received by a plurality of local facilities;

    receiving the transmitted data by said local facilities;

    storing the received data at said local facilities onto hard-disk arrays;

    transmitting the locally stored data from said local facilities for being received by passenger entertainment systems on-board aircraft locally situated with respect to respective ones of said local facilities;

    receiving the locally transmitted data by said passenger entertainment systems on-board said locally situated aircraft; and

    storing the aircraft received data onto hard-disk arrays resident in said passenger entertainment systems.

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