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Entertainment systems utilizing field replaceable storage units

  • US 8,667,544 B2
  • Filed: 12/02/2009
  • Issued: 03/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicular entertainment system, comprisinga plurality of physically similar field replaceable storage units (FRSUs) comprising first and second sets of the physically similar FRSUs, where each set of the physically similar FRSUs 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 media player has at least one FRSU receptacle configured to receive a FRSU of the second set, and(c) each media player is configured to access and play passenger related content from the digital;

    media content set of an installed FRSU of the second set, where the first set of FRSUs and the second set of FRSUs are swappable between the head unit media server and the plurality of media players.

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