Patent ID: 7984190
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for provisioning content among a plurality of passenger entertainment systems installed aboard passenger vehicles, each of the passenger entertainment systems having a plurality of passenger interface systems, comprising: a terrestrial central server system for generating a content load for the passenger entertainment systems based upon a predetermined criteria, the content load identifying preselected entertainment content for distribution among the passenger entertainment systems; and a terrestrial content control system for receiving the content load from said central server system, automatically recognizing new entertainment content identified by the content load, pushing the new entertainment content to the passenger entertainment systems, and dynamically reconfiguring the passenger interface systems to display the new entertainment content for passenger consumption, said content control system being disposed at a travel destination of the passenger vehicles and including: wherein said central server system and said content control system communicate via a satellite communication system and form a private network for providing comprehensive content management for the entertainment content routed to, and the system status data received from, the passenger entertainment systems.