Fiber-to-the-seat in-flight entertainment system

a technology of entertainment system and fiber-to-seat seat, which is applied in the direction of selective content distribution, sport apparatus, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of significant price drop of terrestrial vod system, heavy system cost, and difficult realization of legacy ife system costs
US20070077998A1Inactive Publication Date: 2007-04-05GLOBAL EAGLE ENTERTAINMENT
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
GLOBAL EAGLE ENTERTAINMENT
Publication Date
2007-04-05
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

A modular, scalable, extensible, In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) data communication system is described. In one embodiment, a server / switch line replaceable unit including at least one server, at least one switching element and a plurality of fiber optic transceivers communicates with a plurality of passenger seat video display units over fiber optic cables. A server, such as, for example, an audio server, a video server, an audio / video server, a game server, an application server, a file server, etc, provides data (e.g., entertainment programming, internet file data, etc.) to the video display unit. In one embodiment, a hybrid switch unit provides flexible communication between one or more servers and the passenger seats.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] The present application claims priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 718,563, filed Sep. 19, 2005, titled “Fiber-to-the-Seat Inflight Entertainment System”, the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The invention relates to systems for data servers and data communication networks related to aircraft in-flight entertainment and networking.

[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0005] Inflight entertainment (IFE) systems have evolved significantly over the last 25 years. Prior to 1978, IFE systems were typically audio systems. In 1978, Bell and Howell (Avicom Division) introduced a group viewing video system based on VHS tapes. Ten years later, in 1988, Airvision introduced the first inseat video system allowing passengers to choose between several channels of broadcast video. In 1997, Swissair installed the first interactive Video on Demand (VO...

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