Patent ID: 8126147

Claim:
An aircraft terminal data loader system comprising: a hardware media drive configured to access data stored on a transportable non-transitory media element; a control processor unit comprising a computer with a tangible, non-transitory memory storing software, the control processor unit coupled with the hardware media drive and the control processor unit configured to exchange the data with an aircraft network; a wireless communication unit comprising a wireless transceiver, coupled with the control processor unit, and the wireless communication unit configured to provide the control processor unit a direct tri-band low-bandwidth wireless bi-directional internet connection with an in-flight entertainment (IFE) management computer system; and wherein the control processor unit is further configured to managean exchange of the data with the aircraft network in response to at least one of (a) an information signal exchanged with the IFE management computer system over the wireless connection, and (b) insertion of the transportable non-transitory media element into the hardware media drive.