Patent ID: 8739229
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing in-flight multimedia entertainment, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer from a first aircraft passenger, a multimedia playlist, the multimedia playlist describing a plurality of multimedia content items selected by the first passenger for consumption during a voyage of the aircraft; receiving, by the computer from the first aircraft passenger, a publishing option for the playlist; storing the multimedia playlist in a playlist database of a ground system; receiving, at an on-board system aboard the aircraft, the multimedia playlist and the publishing option; storing, at the on-board system, the multimedia playlist in an on-board playlist database; and responsive to the publishing option indicating that the playlist should be published only to passengers traveling aboard the aircraft, providing, by a media server on board the aircraft, to a plurality of entertainment devices, each entertainment device associated with one of a plurality of passengers including the first passenger aboard the aircraft, the multimedia identified by the multimedia playlist stored in the on-board playlist database.