Patent ID: 8184974
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A passenger entertainment system comprising: one or more integrated server/switch units; one or more trunk line to head-end cable assemblies having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end has a number, P, of cable terminations and said second end has a number, Q, of cable terminations, wherein the first end is provided to at least one of the one or more integrated server/switch units; one or more trunk line disconnect assemblies having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end has Q connectors that substantially mate with the number, Q, of cable terminations on the second end of the trunk line to head-end cable assemblies; one or more trunk line to seat group disconnect assemblies having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of the trunk line to seat group disconnect assembly is substantially joined to the second end of the trunk line disconnect assembly by one or more trunk line cable assemblies; one or more seat group disconnect assemblies having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the seat group disconnect assembly is substantially joined to the second end of the trunk line to seat group disconnect assembly by one or more trunk line to seat group disconnect cable assemblies; a number, N, of seat group disconnect to video display unit cable assemblies, each of said seat group disconnect to video display unit cable assemblies having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end substantially provides connection with the second end of at least one seat group disconnect assembly; and a plurality of integrated video display units, each of the integrated video display units being substantially joined with the second end of one of the seat group disconnect to video display unit cable assemblies, wherein each of the integrated video display units has an individual communicative link with one of the integrated server/switch units via: wherein each video display unit comprises a video display, a video display unit transceiver, a processor module, and one or more user input modules, and wherein each video display unit receives entertainment data from one of the integrated server/switch units via the individual communicative link.