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An aircraft data management system provides a passenger seated on the aircraft with a number of entertainment and productivity enhancing options. Such options include, without limitation, video, audio, internet, airplane systems data and power. Located proximate to each seat group is an integrated s

An aircraft data management system provides a passenger seated on the aircraft with a number of entertainment and productivity enhancing options. Such options include, without limitation, video, audio, internet, airplane systems data and power. Located proximate to each seat group is an integrated seat box that includes a network interface card that identifies a requesting passenger for proper directing of the required data and/or power from devices that interface with a network controller back to the requesting passenger. Both on-aircraft and off-aircraft devices may be accessed by the system. While particularly drawn to aircraft, the data management system is also applicable to other venues have identifiable seating locations such as buses, passenger ships, hotels and auditoriums.

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[ We claim:] [1.]1. A data management system for supplying data to selected ones of identifiable seats comprising:(a) a plurality of data sources;(b) a least one power source;(c) an integrated seat box that is disposed proximate to a group of said identifiable seats, said integrated seat box being c

[ We claim:] [1.]1. A data management system for supplying data to selected ones of identifiable seats comprising:(a) a plurality of data sources;(b) a least one power source;(c) an integrated seat box that is disposed proximate to a group of said identifiable seats, said integrated seat box being capable of converting at least one of said data and said power to a form useful to a passenger occupying one of said identifiable seats;(d) a data network interface module coupled to said integrated seat box, said data network interface module being fault tolerant such that a failure at one seat box does not interfere with the normal operation of successive data network interface modules, said data network interface module including a power distributing physical layer that is galvanically isolated from a data distributing microprocessor;(e) a network controller capable of managing said plurality of data sources; and(f) a seat-to-seat cable having therein data communication lines and power supply line whereby both data from said plurality of data sources and power from at least one power source are routed by said network controller to selected ones of said identifiable seats.