Patent ID: 11972472
Assignee: KWIVO, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 20:
21. A method of facilitating provisioning of content items by an in-vehicle computer system on a vehicle, the method being implemented by a computer system that includes one or more physical processors executing one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:
obtaining, by the computer system, trip-identifying information relating to a passenger that is associated with a user-provided device, wherein the trip-identifying information identifies a trip that is to occur on the vehicle;
determining, by the computer system, based on the trip-identifying information, a list of content items that are available for the trip to be provisioned by the in-vehicle computer system to the user-provided device;
providing, by the computer system, the list of content items to the user-provided device;
receiving, at the computer system, from the user-provided device, a selection of at least one content item from the list of content items;
generating, by the computer system, a request for the selected at least one content item based on the selection, wherein the selected at least one content item is not stored in a memory of the in-vehicle computer system at a time of the request for the at least one content item;
determining, by the computer system, that the selected at least one content item is not available at the in-vehicle computer system in response to the request for the selected at least one content item; and
providing, by the computer system, based on a determination that the selected at least one content item is not available at the in-vehicle computer system, the selected at least one content item to the in-vehicle computer system via a network for provisioning by the in-vehicle computer system to the user-provided device such that the at least one content item is stored at the memory of the in-vehicle computer system before a boarding time associated with the trip,
wherein the selected at least one content item is provided to the user-provided device before the boarding time such that the selected at least one content item is stored at the user-provided device before the boarding time, but is not accessible for playback at the user-provided device until at least the boarding time.