Patent ID: 8723639

Claim:
A hospital grade entertainment interface device comprising: an interface unit; a plurality of communications ports communicatively connected to said interface unit, wherein one or more of said plurality of communications ports is a media communications port, wherein one or more of said plurality of communications ports is a control communications port, wherein one of said plurality of communications ports is a pillow speaker communications port, wherein said interface unit is capable of processing commands received from one or more of said plurality of communications ports, wherein said interface unit is capable of communicating media information via said one or more of said plurality of communications ports, wherein said interface unit is capable of communicating control information via said one or more of said plurality of communications ports, wherein said interface unit is capable of communicating media information via said pillow speaker communications port, wherein said interface unit galvanically isolates one or more devices connected to said interface unit from a pillow speaker connected to said pillow speaker communications port by providing an interface unit divided into two distinct electrical sections, an upper and lower section, wherein said upper and lower sections have no direct electrical connections and possess power and ground separate from each other, wherein said upper and lower sections are bridged only by a plurality of galvanic isolation components which provide galvanic isolation of power and signals, thereby providing isolated power to said lower section in which said pillow speaker communication port resides, and permitting operational interactions between said one or more devices and said pillow speaker, said one or more devices being connected to said upper section; and a power supply communicatively connected to said interface unit, wherein said power supply and said plurality of communications ports are galvanically isolated from said pillow speaker communications port.