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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Paul Margis, Irvine, CA (US);
Cedric Rhoads, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Philip Watson, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Nigel Blackwell, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Attila Szilagyi, Tustin, CA (US);
Neil Bedekar, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Panasonic Avionics Corporation, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Abstract
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.