Methods and systems for selective media distribution for a vehicle entertainment system

A method comprising:

• registering with a switching device, multicast network addresses assigned to each of a plurality of regions of an aircraft, each region including a plurality of seat devices configured to store media files of a media library of an in-flight entertainment system, the media files assigned to one of a plurality of tiers;
• wherein a first tier includes a first set of media files in which each media file of the first set is playable by all passengers at a same time of the transportation vehicle, and a second tier is for a second set of media files in which each media file of the second set is playable by up to X percentage of all passengers at the same time;
• wherein a range of the multicast network addresses are reserved for each tier and the multicast network addresses are distributed across different regions of the aircraft, based on where media files are intended to be stored;
• and
• forwarding by the switching device specific media files associated with specific multicast network addresses for storage at one or more seat devices located within a region associated with the specific multicast network address;
• wherein the switching device receives the plurality of media files and selectively forwards the specific media files based on registered multicast network addresses.

A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions comprising machine executable code which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to:

• use by a processor, a plurality of tiers for storing a plurality of media files of a media library of an entertainment system of a transportation vehicle at a plurality of seat devices;
• wherein a first tier includes a first set of media files in which each media file of the first set is playable by all passengers at the same time of the transportation vehicle, a second tier is for a second set of media files in which each media file of the second set is playable by up to X percentage of all passengers at the same time, and a third tier is for a third set of media files in which each media file of the third set is playable by up to Y percentage of all passengers at the same time;
• assign by the processor, a range of multicast network addresses to each of the first tier, the second tier and the third tier;
• allocate by the processor, the range of multicast network addresses between different regions of the transportation vehicle, where seat devices of each region are configured to store media files belonging to the first tier, the second tier and the third tier;
• register multicast network addresses assigned to each region with a switching device of the transportation vehicle interfacing with one or more networks of the transportation vehicle for delivering media files to the plurality of seat devices;
• and
• selectively forwarding by the switching device specific media files associated with specific multicast network address for storage at one or more seat devices located within a specific region associated with the specific multicast network address;
• wherein the switching device receives the plurality of media files and selectively forwards the specific media files based on registered multicast network addresses.