Patent ID: 8782714

Claim:
A vehicular entertainment system, comprising: a media server storing media content in a media database on computer readable media and having a first server port and a second server port; a plurality of docking stations coupled to the media server, each of the docking stations having at least a first station port, a media player port, and a second station port, and each docking station configured to allow insertion of a media player into the docking station such that the media player port of the docking station couples with a connector of the media player when the media player is at least partially inserted into the docking station, wherein the media players comprises a display; wherein at least some of the docking stations comprise a media player bypass configured to direct network data between a docking station's first station port and second station port when a media player is undocked, and wherein the media player bypass is configured to route network data among the media player port and at least one of the first and second station ports of the docking station when a media player is docked; and wherein the media server and plurality of docking stations are disposed within an aircraft, and wherein the plurality of docking stations comprises at least ten docking stations.