Patent ID: 8082569
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: A63F,B64D,H04H,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for providing in-flight entertainment, the system comprising: a server disposed within an aircraft, the server having stored thereon digital content; a communications network disposed within the aircraft, wherein the server is communicatively linked to the network; a plurality of connectors, each connector being located proximate to a passenger seat of a plurality of passenger seats on the aircraft, and each connector being communicatively linked to a smart video display unit (SVDU) in the network; and a plurality of hand-out terminals specific to the system, such that the system prohibits access to the system via any of the plurality of connectors without the use of a said hand-out terminal, and each said hand-out terminal is configured to couple to a connector of the plurality of connectors to become functionally integrated with said SVDU such that the SVDU recognizes said hand-out terminal coupled to the connector and authorizes the hand-out terminal to access the server so that a passenger at the seat to which the connector is proximate can access the digital content via said hand-out terminal, and causes the digital content to be transmitted through the network to the hand-out terminal and/or SVDU.