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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2017
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Steven C. Atkins, Anaheim, CA (US);
Robert V. Troxel, Brea, CA (US);
Jeffrey B. Whitney, Irvine, CA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the inventive concepts disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods of providing in-flight entertainment related content. A content server may upload first content to in-seat client terminals for local storage and subsequent playback. The content server may upload second content to overhead client terminals for local storage and subsequent playback. Each client terminal may synchronize to a defined reference point for initiating playback of the first content and of the second content. Each client terminal may operate independently of each other and the content server subsequent to initiation of the playback. Subsequent to the initiation of the playback and in response to a system disruption to the playback at a client terminal, the client terminal may resume the playback of the corresponding content at the client terminal at a point at which the disruption occurred. The resumption may be independent of the playback in other client terminals.