Shared content storage
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1. A vehicular entertainment system, comprising:
- a first plurality of media players disposed within a vehicle that collectively store multiple copies of a first full content set spread across the first plurality of media players, each of the media players storing only a fraction of the first full content set;
and a second plurality of media players disposed within the vehicle that collectively store multiple copies of a second full content set spread across the plurality of second media players, each of the second media players storing only a fraction of the second full content set;
and wherein each of the media players in the first plurality of media players and the second plurality of media players is configured to;
index the first full content set collectively stored by the first plurality of media players according to a first scheduled period, to allow each of the media players to obtain content from the first full content set during the first scheduled period;
and index the second full content set collectively stored by the second plurality of media players according to a second scheduled period, to allow each of the media players to obtain content from the second full content set during the second scheduled period, wherein the first scheduled period comprises a first month long period and the second scheduled period comprises a second month-long period and wherein the first scheduled period and the second scheduled period are mutually exclusive.
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Abstract
Entertainment systems for aircraft and other vehicles are described having a plurality of media players. The media players collectively store a full content set, with each media player storing only a fraction of the full content set. Each of the media players can be configured to index the full content set, such that media players can obtain missing content from other media players.
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18 Claims
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1. A vehicular entertainment system, comprising:
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a first plurality of media players disposed within a vehicle that collectively store multiple copies of a first full content set spread across the first plurality of media players, each of the media players storing only a fraction of the first full content set; and a second plurality of media players disposed within the vehicle that collectively store multiple copies of a second full content set spread across the plurality of second media players, each of the second media players storing only a fraction of the second full content set; and wherein each of the media players in the first plurality of media players and the second plurality of media players is configured to; index the first full content set collectively stored by the first plurality of media players according to a first scheduled period, to allow each of the media players to obtain content from the first full content set during the first scheduled period; and index the second full content set collectively stored by the second plurality of media players according to a second scheduled period, to allow each of the media players to obtain content from the second full content set during the second scheduled period, wherein the first scheduled period comprises a first month long period and the second scheduled period comprises a second month-long period and wherein the first scheduled period and the second scheduled period are mutually exclusive. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A vehicular entertainment system, comprising:
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a plurality of media players disposed within a vehicle that collectively store multiple copies of a full content set spread across the plurality of media players, wherein the plurality of media players comprises first and second subsets of media players; wherein the first subset of media players collectively stores a first copy of the full content set with each media player of the first subset stores only a fraction of the first copy of the full content set; wherein the second subset of media players collectively stores a second copy of the full content set with each media player of the second subset stores only a fraction of the second copy of the full content set; and wherein each of the media players of the first and second subsets is configured to index the first and second copies of the full content set collectively stored by the media players of the first and second subsets according to a first scheduled period and a second scheduled period, respectively, wherein the first scheduled period comprises a first month-long period and the second scheduled period comprises a second month-long period and wherein the first scheduled period and the second scheduled period are mutually exclusive.
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