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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2012
Applicant:

Anh Nguyen, Fullerton, CA (US);

Inventor:

Anh Nguyen, Fullerton, CA (US);

Assignee:

Thales Avionics, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04N 21/4405 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods for distributing content in an entertainment system are provided. The entertainment system includes a plurality of clients connected in a bi-directional loop configuration. Each of the plurality of clients has at least one associated video display unit. The method includes deriving a content distribution plan for distributing content files to the plurality of clients based on a theoretical symmetric system where each of the plurality of clients in the symmetric system is configured to store at least a fraction of each of the content files; and applying the derived content distribution plan for distributing content files to an actual entertainment system wherein each of the content files are stored in full in at least one of the plurality of clients of the system to provide an actual content distribution plan for the actual entertainment system. Related entertainment systems and content distribution modules are also provided.


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