Aircraft in-flight entertainment system including a registration feature and associated methods
AssigneeLiveTV, LLC
InventorsJoseph Logan, Robert Keen
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Abstract
An aircraft in-flight entertainment system includes a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft. Each SEB is configurable for passing a registration token along to an adjacent SEB. Cabling connects the SEBs together in a daisy chain configuration. Registration circuitry is connected to the cabling for identifying a location of each SEB based upon passing of the registration token among the plurality of SEBs.
Claims35
An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising:
- a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft, each SEB being configurable for passing a registration token along to an adjacent SEB;
- cabling connecting said plurality of SEBs together in a daisy chain configuration;
- and
- registration circuitry connected to said cabling for identifying a location of each SEB based upon passing of the registration token among said plurality of SEBs.
An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising:
- a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft, each SEB being configurable for passing a registration token along to an adjacent SEB;
- cabling connecting said plurality of SEBs together in a daisy chain configuration;
- and
- registration circuitry connected to said cabling for performing the following for identifying a location of each SEB
- polling said plurality of SEBs for a first SEB and receiving a response from the first SEB,
- sending registration confirmation to the first SEB, the first SEB then passing the registration token to a next sequentially ordered SEB based upon the received registration confirmation,
- polling said plurality of SEBs for the next sequentially ordered SEB having the registration token and receiving a response therefrom, and
- repeating the sending of registration confirmation and the polling for the next sequentially ordered SEB until a last sequentially ordered SEB has been registered.
A method for registering a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) for an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system and being connected together by cabling in a daisy chain configuration, the method comprising:
- passing a registration token among the plurality of SEBs to thereby identify a location of each SEB.
A method for registering a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) for an aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system, the plurality of SEBs being connected together in a daisy chain configuration using cabling, the method comprising:
- polling the plurality of SEBs for a first SEB and receiving a response from the first SEB;
- sending registration confirmation to the first SEB, the first SEB then passing a registration token to a next sequentially ordered SEB based upon the received registration confirmation;
- polling the plurality of SEBs for the next sequentially ordered SEB having the registration token and receiving a response therefrom;
- and
- repeating the sending of registration confirmation and the polling for the next sequentially ordered SEB until a last sequentially ordered SEB has been registered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.