Panasonic Avionics Corporation

Neil Bedekar

Philip S Watson

Paul Anthony Margis

Cedric Rhoads

Nigel Blackwell

Attila Szilagyi

Methods and systems for a transportation vehicle are provided. For example, one method includes storing a first portion of a media file at a first device of a peer-to-peer group having a plurality of devices at a transportation vehicle; storing a remaining portion of the media file at one or more of the plurality of devices; using the first portion of the media file to start providing access to the media file; and retrieving the remaining portions of the media file, on-demand, from the one or more devices, based on resource utilization of the one or more devices.

Methods and systems for sharing content on a transportation vehicle

A vehicle entertainment system including a server storing media files, and smart monitors. Each smart monitor presents media selections corresponding to the media files and receives an input from passengers for playing a selection. Each smart monitor includes local content storage storing a subset of the media files. A network connects the smart monitors and server. Program logic executed by each smart monitor performs tasks including determining if a media file corresponding to an input is available from a first source, and if available, playing the media file from the first source; if the media file is not available there, determining if the media file required is available from a second source and if available, playing the media file from the second source; and if the media file is not available from the second source, determining if the media file is available from a third source.

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