Patent ID: 7805559

Claim:
A USB repeater assembly, comprising: a host connector that connects to a seat electronics box (SEB) associated with a passenger entertainment system, the host connector comprising: a plurality of Universal Serial Bus (USB) pins associated with the USB connection to the PCU; and a plurality of entertainment device pins associated with other components of the passenger entertainment system; a device connector that connects to the passenger entertainment system, the passenger entertainment system comprising a personal control unit (PCU) configured as a USB device, the device connector comprising: a plurality of USB pins associated with a USB connection to the PCU; and a plurality of entertainment system device pins associated with other components of the passenger entertainment system; direct connections that connect the device connector plurality of entertainment system device pins to the host connector plurality of entertainment device pins; USB repeater circuitry to which the device connector plurality of USB pins and the host connector plurality of USB pins are connected via connectors; and a shell that encloses: at least a portion of the device connector; at least a portion of the host connector; the direct connections; and the USB repeater circuitry and its connectors.