Patent ID: 7103324

Claim:
An apparatus for communication with a wireless network, the apparatus comprising: a video display unit mounted on a seat back of a first seat, the video display unit including: a processor configured to process control signals controlling the video display unit; a video display electrically coupled to the processor; a component configured for wireless communication with the processor; and a receiver electrically coupled to the processor; and a user interface, mounted on an armrest of a second seat, in wireless communication with the processor, the user interface including: a user input interface; and a transmitter electrically coupled to the user input interface and configured to transmit control signals corresponding to inputs received at the user input interface, the control signals including a reconfigurable synchronization identifier, at least one of the user interface and the video display unit being adapted to selectively synchronize to the synchronization identifier upon the communication of an interface synchronization instruction causing the synchronization identifier to be stored such that the video display unit will execute only control signal including the stored synchronization identifier.