Patent ID: 6813777
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A passenger entertainment system comprising a plurality of line replaceable units for performing entertainment and passenger and operator control functions, a primary access terminal for providing an operator interface to the passenger entertainment systems, and a cabin file server for processing passenger transactions said primary access terminal and said cabin file server each having a control center common executive said control center common executive further comprising:a message processor for moving messages to and from the line replaceable units and for translating messages from the line replaceable units into a common format; one or more network addressable units connected to the message processor for routing common format messages to and from the message processor; and a transaction dispatcher connected to the one or more network addressable units wherein said transaction dispatcher further comprises: a network addressable unit server that interfaces to one or more network addressable units and manages communication to and from the network addressable units; a services server that interfaces to one or more service clients that provides services of the passenger entertainment system and manages communication to and from the service clients; and a router and mail slots for identifying each of the network addressable units and service clients and for moving messages between the network addressable units and the service clients.