James Ralph Cline

US Patent:

8184974, May 22, 2012

Filed:

Sep 11, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/853729

Inventors:

James Douglas Cline - Long Beach CA, US

Assignee:

Lumexis Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04J 14/00

US Classification:

398 66, 398 67, 398 68, 398 72, 398 99, 398100, 725 76, 725 77, 725 78, 455 61, 455 63, 455 301, 370392, 370352, 370389, 370254, 370535

Abstract:

A modular, scalable, extensible, In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) data communication system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a hub providing connection between one or more server/switch line replaceable unit including at least one server and a plurality of passenger video display units. A server, such as, for example, an audio server, a video server, an audio/video server, a game server, an application server, a file server, etc. , provides data (e. g. , entertainment programming, internet file data, etc. ) to the video display unit. In one embodiment, the connection between the plurality of server/switch line replacement units, the hub and the plurality of video display units is provided by passive fiber optic links.