Patent ID: 8065463
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: B64D

Abstract:
1. A flight attendant panel comprising: a plurality of computer units comprising a master computer unit and at least one slave computer unit; an input/output device enabling data input/output to a computer unit; a circuitry; and at least one additional switch for providing a prompting signal upon actuation; wherein each of the plurality of computer units is able to operate independently of one another and adapted for executing at least one application specifically assigned thereto, such that no data is transmitted from the at least one slave computer unit to the master computer unit; wherein the circuitry is controlled only by the master computer unit for connecting the input/output device to only one of the plurality of computer units at any given time based on a selection signal received from the master computer unit; and wherein the circuitry connects the input/output device to the master computer unit when the switch is actuated.