Vehicle entertainment system
First Claim
1. A system for providing entertainment on a vehicle for passengers, the system comprising:
- a server disposed in the vehicle in which the server stores media files;
smart monitors disposed in the vehicle which are configured to present media selections to passengers corresponding to the media files stored by the server and receive an input from a passenger for playing one of the selections, each smart monitor including local content storage storing a subset of the media files stored by the server;
a network connecting the smart monitors and server; and
program logic executed by each smart monitor which after a smart monitor receives an input from a passenger for one of the selections, performs tasks including;
determining if a media file corresponding to the passenger'"'"'s input is available from a first source, and if available, playing the media file from the first source;
if the media file corresponding to the passenger'"'"'s input is not available from the first source, determining if a media file corresponding to the input is available from a second source and if available, playing the media file from the second source; and
if the media file corresponding to the passenger'"'"'s input is not available from the second source, determining if a media file corresponding to the input is available from a third source and if available, playing the media file from the third source;
wherein the network comprises a sub-network connecting to a first group of the smart monitors and another sub-network connecting to a second group of the smart monitors, and each smart monitor comprises program logic that will ignore a request to stream a media file to a smart monitor on a different sub-network.
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Abstract
A vehicle entertainment system including a server storing media files, and smart monitors. Each smart monitor presents media selections corresponding to the media files and receives an input from passengers for playing a selection. Each smart monitor includes local content storage storing a subset of the media files. A network connects the smart monitors and server. Program logic executed by each smart monitor performs tasks including determining if a media file corresponding to an input is available from a first source, and if available, playing the media file from the first source; if the media file is not available there, determining if the media file required is available from a second source and if available, playing the media file from the second source; and if the media file is not available from the second source, determining if the media file is available from a third source.
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12 Claims
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1. A system for providing entertainment on a vehicle for passengers, the system comprising:
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a server disposed in the vehicle in which the server stores media files; smart monitors disposed in the vehicle which are configured to present media selections to passengers corresponding to the media files stored by the server and receive an input from a passenger for playing one of the selections, each smart monitor including local content storage storing a subset of the media files stored by the server; a network connecting the smart monitors and server; and program logic executed by each smart monitor which after a smart monitor receives an input from a passenger for one of the selections, performs tasks including; determining if a media file corresponding to the passenger'"'"'s input is available from a first source, and if available, playing the media file from the first source; if the media file corresponding to the passenger'"'"'s input is not available from the first source, determining if a media file corresponding to the input is available from a second source and if available, playing the media file from the second source; and if the media file corresponding to the passenger'"'"'s input is not available from the second source, determining if a media file corresponding to the input is available from a third source and if available, playing the media file from the third source; wherein the network comprises a sub-network connecting to a first group of the smart monitors and another sub-network connecting to a second group of the smart monitors, and each smart monitor comprises program logic that will ignore a request to stream a media file to a smart monitor on a different sub-network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for providing entertainment on a vehicle for passengers, the system comprising:
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a server disposed in the vehicle in which the server stores media files; smart monitors disposed in the vehicle in which each smart monitor is configured to present media selections to passengers corresponding to the media files stored by the server and receive an input from a passenger for playing one of the selections, each smart monitor including local content storage storing a subset of media files stored by the server; a network connecting the smart monitors and server in communication with one another, the network including column sub-networks, each column sub-network including seat sub-networks with each seat sub-network connecting to a different group of smart monitors, in which the smart monitors of each group store identical media files to one another; program logic executed by each smart monitor which after a smart monitor receives an input from a passenger for one of the selections, the program logic in the smart monitor performing tasks including; determining if a media file corresponding to the passenger'"'"'s input is available from a first source, and if available, playing the media file from the first source; and if the media file corresponding to the passenger'"'"'s input is not available from the first source, determining if a media file corresponding to the request is available from a second source, and if available, playing the media file from the second source; wherein each smart monitor comprises program logic that will ignore a request to stream a media file to a smart monitor on a different column sub-network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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