Patent ID: 7836472

Claim:
A method for loading content onto an in-flight entertainment system, the method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of content server units for storing content; providing a plurality of network server units; interconnecting each of the content servers with the plurality of network server units such that each content server cross-loads content with at least one other content server; connecting a data loading device to the plurality of network server units, where the data loading device includes a set of digital content files for download to the plurality of content servers; automatically downloading a first subset of the set of digital content files from the data loading device to a first one of the plurality of content server units; automatically downloading a second subset of the set of digital content files from the data loading device to a second one of the plurality of content server units; automatically cross-loading the first subset of the set of digital content files from the first content server unit to the second content server unit with at least one of the plurality of network server units; and automatically cross-loading the second subset of the set of digital content files from the second content server unit to the first content server unit with at least one of the plurality of network server units.