Wireless cabin seatback screen location determination

A system for identifying seat associations on-board a passenger vehicle having a plurality of seats, the system comprising:

• a server associated with a first memory;
• a mounting unit installed on, or proximate to, a particular seat of the plurality of seats;
• and
• a passenger unit including
• a first connector configured to physically couple to a second connector on the mounting unit,
• a display,
• a second memory storing a passenger unit identifier,
• a network interface, and
• a controller configured to
• obtain a seat location code from the mounting unit, and
• cause the seat location code and the passenger unit identifier to be transmitted to the server via the network interface,
• wherein the server is configured to
• receive the transmitted seat location code and passenger unit identifier,
• generate, using the received seat location code and passenger unit identifier, assignment data linking the passenger unit to the particular seat, and
• store the assignment data in the first memory, and
• wherein the controller is configured to obtain the seat location code from the mounting unit at least by detecting a hardwired configuration of the mounting unit.

A method, implemented on-board a passenger vehicle having a plurality of seats, for identifying seat associations, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a passenger unit, a seat location code from a mounting unit installed on, or proximate to, a particular seat of the plurality of seats, wherein the passenger unit is configured to physically couple to the mounting unit, and wherein obtaining the seat location code from the mounting unit includes detecting a hardwired configuration of the mounting unit;
• retrieving, from a memory of the passenger unit, a passenger unit identifier;
• transmitting, from the passenger unit to an on-board server via a local area network, the seat location code and the passenger unit identifier;
• receiving, at the on-board server via the local area network, the seat location code and the passenger unit identifier;
• generating, at the on-board server and using the seat location code and the passenger unit identifier, assignment data linking the passenger unit to the particular seat;
• and
• storing the assignment data in a memory associated with the on-board server.