Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distributed seat centric wireless in-flight entertainment system
- Patent Title (中): 分布式座椅为中心的无线飞行娱乐系统
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Application No.: US14328894Application Date: 2014-07-11
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Publication No.: US09462300B2Publication Date: 2016-10-04
- Inventor: Jean-Yves Couleaud , Tracy Decuir , John Howard Darvell
- Applicant: Thales Avionics, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Irvine
- Assignee: Thales Avionics, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Thales Avionics, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Irvine
- Agency: Myers Bigel & Sibley, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04N21/214 ; H04N21/4363 ; H04N21/231 ; H04N21/258 ; H04N21/262 ; H04N21/414 ; H04N21/647

Abstract:
Some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an entertainment system that includes a plurality of wireless access points. Each wireless access point includes a mass memory, at least one radio transceiver, and at least one processor. The at least one radio transceiver is configured to communicate with seat display devices and to communicate with personal electronic devices of users. The processor is configured to receive entertainment content, which includes a plurality of content items, through the at least one radio transceiver, and to store the entertainment content in the mass memory. The processor downloads the entertainment content using a file transfer protocol from the mass memory to the seat display devices through the at least one radio transceiver, and streams the content items of the entertainment content using a streaming protocol from the mass memory to the personal electronic devices of users through the at least one radio transceiver.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150245078A1 DISTRIBUTED SEAT CENTRIC WIRELESS IN-FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-08-27
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