Systems and methods for securely providing preview samples of media content distributed to in-flight entertainment systems

A system for providing preview samples of media content, comprising:

• a media receiving server including a computing system having a processor, a storage device, a network adapter and a media sampling software application;
• the media sampling software application configured to program the computing system to perform the following process:
• access a video file for a video title;
• generate a video sample including a series of still digital images from the video file, each still digital image separated by a first time interval in the video file from the other still digital images in the series of still digital images;
• generate an audio sample including a series of audio clips from the video file, each audio clip separated by a second time interval in the video file from the other audio clips in the series of audio clips;
• and
• associate the video sample and the audio sample with the video file and video title;
• wherein the second time interval is determined by dividing a full running time of the video file by a number of audio clips to be included in the audio.

A method for providing preview samples of media content, comprising:

• accessing a video file for a video title;
• generating a video sample including a series of still digital images from the video file, each still digital image separated by a first time interval in the video file from the other still digital images in the series of still digital images;
• generating an audio sample including a series of audio clips from the video file, each audio clip separated by a second time interval in the video file from the other audio clips in the series of audio clips;
• and
• associating the video sample and the audio sample with the video file and video title;
• wherein the first time interval is determined by dividing a full running time of the video file by a number of still digital images included in the video sample.

A method for providing preview samples of media content, comprising:

• accessing a video file for a video title;
• generating a video sample including a series of still digital images from the video file, each still digital image separated by a first time interval in the video file from the other still digital images in the series of still digital images;
• generating an audio sample including a series of audio clips from the video file, each audio clip separated by a second time interval in the video file from the other audio clips in the series of audio clips;
• and
• associating the video sample and the audio sample with the video file and video title;
• wherein the second time interval is determined by dividing a full running time of the video file by a number of audio clips to be included in the audio.