Vehicle entertainment system

A system for providing entertainment on a vehicle for passengers, the system comprising:

• a server disposed in the vehicle in which the server stores media files;
• smart monitors disposed in the vehicle to present media selections to passengers corresponding to the media files stored by the server and receive an input from a passenger for playing one of the selections;
• seat boxes disposed in the vehicle, each seat box including network-attached storage and storing a subset of the media files stored by the server in said network-attached storage;
• a network connecting the seat boxes and server in communication, with each seat box connecting a group of smart monitors in communication with the network;
• program logic executed by each smart monitor in which after a smart monitor receives an input from a passenger for one of the selections, performs tasks including:
• determining if a media file corresponding to the passenger's input is available from a first source, and if available, requesting streaming of the media file from the first source;
• and
• if the media file corresponding to the passenger's input is not available from the first source, determining if a media file corresponding to the input is available from a second source and if available, requesting streaming of the media file from the second source;
• wherein a wireless network connects the seat boxes and server in communication, and a wired network connects each seat box in communication with a group of smart monitors, and the wireless network is used at maximum speed for loading content into the seat boxes in a maintenance mode.

A system for providing entertainment on a vehicle for passengers, the system comprising:

• a server disposed in the vehicle in which the server stores media files;
• smart monitors disposed in the vehicle configured to present media selections to passengers corresponding to the media files stored by the server and receive an input from a passenger for playing one of the selections;
• seat boxes disposed in the vehicle, each seat box including local content storage storing a subset of the media files stored by the server;
• a wireless network connecting the seat boxes and server in communication, and a wired network connecting each seat box in communication with a group of smart monitors;
• program logic executed by each smart monitor in which after a smart monitor receives an input from a passenger for one of the selections, performs tasks including:
• determining if a media file corresponding to the passenger's input is available from a first source, and if available, requesting streaming of the media file from the first source;
• if the media file corresponding to the passenger's input is not available from the first source, determining if a media file corresponding to the input is available from a second source and if available, requesting streaming of the media file from the second source;
• and
• if the media file corresponding to the passenger's input is not available from the second source, determining if a media file corresponding to the input is available from a third source and if available, requesting streaming of the media file from the third source;
• wherein the wireless network is used at maximum speed for loading content into the seat boxes in a maintenance mode.