[미국특허]
Inflight entertainment system network configurations
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06F-011/10
H04L-012/759
H04L-012/24
출원번호
US-0715437
(2015-05-18)
등록번호
US-9344351
(2016-05-17)
발명자
/ 주소
Petrisor, Gregory C.
Beuman, Timotheus Antonius
Curtis, Allen
출원인 / 주소
Lumexis Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
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초록▼
Serial networking dedicated fiber optic inflight entertainment (IFE) systems, methods therefor and components thereof, that exhibit improved configuration and failover attributes through implementation of novel network configuration protocols. In some aspects of the invention, such an IFE system com
Serial networking dedicated fiber optic inflight entertainment (IFE) systems, methods therefor and components thereof, that exhibit improved configuration and failover attributes through implementation of novel network configuration protocols. In some aspects of the invention, such an IFE system comprises a plurality of head end line replaceable units (HE-LRUs) and a plurality of serial networking line replaceable units (SN-LRUs), wherein each of the SN-LRUs individually detects that a closed system network has been formed between the plurality of HE-LRUs and the plurality of SN-LRUs based on a plurality of packets sourced by at least one of the HE-LRUs and received on a plurality of ports of each of the SN-LRUs, and wherein in response to detecting that the closed system network has been formed one of the SN-LRUs blocks one of its ports based on further detecting that the SN-LRU is a middle SN-LRU.
대표청구항▼
1. An in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising: a plurality of serial networking line replaceable units (SN-LRUs); anda plurality of head end line replaceable units (HE-LRUs) in communication with the SN-LRUs, at least one of the plurality of HE-LRUs being a blocking HE-LRU, the blocking HE-L
1. An in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising: a plurality of serial networking line replaceable units (SN-LRUs); anda plurality of head end line replaceable units (HE-LRUs) in communication with the SN-LRUs, at least one of the plurality of HE-LRUs being a blocking HE-LRU, the blocking HE-LRU comprising: a processor; anda plurality of ports communicatively coupled with the processor, the plurality of ports comprising a first port and a second port, the blocking HE-LRU configured to transmit a packet on at least the first port and to determine whether the packet has been received on the second port;the blocking HE-LRU in communication with a database comprising unique identifiers for each of the plurality of HE-LRUs, the blocking HE-LRU configured to determine whether the unique identifier for the blocking HE-LRU is designated as a break line replaceable unit (LRU);wherein, under control of the processor, the blocking HE-LRU is configured to block one of the first and second ports in response to determining that a condition is satisfied, the condition comprising: the packet transmitted on the first port has been received on the second port; andthe unique identifier for the blocking HE-LRU is designated as the break line replaceable unit (LRU). 2. The IFE system of claim 1, wherein, in response to determining that the condition is satisfied, the blocking HE-LRU is further configured to clear a topology database on the blocking HE-LRU. 3. The IFE system of claim 2, wherein under control of the processor, the blocking HE-LRU is further configured to transmit a topology change packet, via an unblocked one of the first and second ports, to at least one other of the plurality of HE-LRUs. 4. The IFE system of claim 1, wherein, in response to determining that the condition is satisfied, the HE-LRU is further configured to unblock the other of the first and second ports. 5. The IFE system of claim 4, wherein: the blocking HE-LRU further comprises a last state variable for the first port and a last state variable for the second port; andin response to determining that the condition is satisfied, the blocking HE-LRU is further configured to: determine whether the last state variable of the blocked port indicates blocked or unblocked; andin response to determining that the last state variable of the blocked port indicates unblocked, to transmit a topology change packet on the unblocked port. 6. The IFE system of claim 5, wherein, in response to determining that the condition is satisfied, the blocking HE-LRU is further configured to: set the last state variable of the blocked port to blocked; andset the last state variable of the unblocked port to unblocked. 7. The IFE system of claim 1, wherein, in response to determining that the unique identifier for the blocking HE-LRU is not designated as the break LRU, the blocking HE-LRU is further configured to: unblock the first port;set a last state variable of the first port to unblocked;unblock the second port; andset a last state variable for the second port to unblocked. 8. The IFE system of claim 1, wherein the blocking HE-LRU comprises a server. 9. The IFE system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of SN-LRUs comprise video display units. 10. The IFE system of claim 9, wherein each of the plurality of SN-LRUs are configured to individually determine whether a closed communication network has been formed between the plurality of HE-LRUs and the plurality of SN-LRUs, such determination being at least partially based on a plurality of packets sent from at least one of the HE-LRUs and received on a plurality of ports of each of the SN-LRUs. 11. The IFE system of claim 10, wherein one of the plurality of SN-LRUs is configured to block one of its ports in response to detecting that an SN-LRU condition is satisfied, the SN-LRU condition comprising: the closed communication network has been formed between the plurality of HE-LRUs and the plurality of SN-LRUs; andthe one of the plurality of SN-LRUs comprises a middle SN-LRU. 12. A method of operating an in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising a plurality of serial networking line replaceable units (SN-LRUs) and a plurality of head end line replaceable units (HE-LRUs), at least one of the plurality of HE-LRUs being a blocking HE-LRU, the method comprising: determining, with the blocking HE-LRU, that a closed HE-LRU network exists, wherein determining that a closed HE-LRU network exists comprises: transmitting a packet on a first port of the blocking HE-LRU; andreceiving the packet on a second port of the blocking HE-LRU;determining, with the blocking HE-LRU, that the blocking HE-LRU is designated as a break LRU, wherein determining that the blocking HE-LRU is designated as the break LRU comprises: referencing a unique break LRU identifier; anddetermining whether the unique break LRU identifier identifies the blocking HE-LRU as the designated break line replaceable unit (LRU); andin response to determining that the closed HE-LRU network exists and that the blocking HE-LRU is designated as the break LRU: blocking one of the first and second ports of the blocking HE-LRU, thereby creating a loop-free HE-LRU network topology. 13. The method of claim 12, further comprising: in response to determining that the closed HE-LRU network exists and that the blocking HE-LRU is designated as the break LRU: unblocking the other of the first and second ports of the blocking HE-LRU. 14. The method of claim 12, further comprising: determining whether a last state variable of the blocked port indicates blocked or unblocked; andin response to determining that the last state variable of the blocked port indicates unblocked, informing another of the plurality of HE-LRUs of a topology change. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein informing another of the plurality of HE-LRUs of a topology change comprises: transmitting a topology change packet on the unblocked port of the blocking HE-LRU. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising clearing the topology database on each of the plurality of HE-LRUs. 17. The method of claim 16, further comprising: setting the last state variable of the blocked port to indicate blocked; andsetting a last state variable of the unblocked port to indicate unblocked. 18. The method of claim 12, further comprising: in response to determining that the blocking HE-LRU is not designated as the break LRU: unblocking the first port;setting a last state variable of the first port to indicate unblocked;unblocking the second port; andsetting a last state variable for the second port to indicate unblocked. 19. An in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising: a plurality of serial networking line replaceable units (SN-LRUs); anda plurality of head end line replaceable units (HE-LRU), at least one of which comprises: a processor; anda plurality of ports communicatively coupled with the processor, the HE-LRU configured to transmit a packet on at least one of the plurality of ports;wherein, under control of the processor, the at least one HE-LRU is configured to block one of its ports in response to: detecting that a packet transmitted on a first one of the at least one HE-LRU's ports has been received on a second one of the at least one HE-LRU's ports; anddetecting that the HE-LRU is a designated break line replaceable unit (LRU). 20. The IFE system of claim 19, wherein the HE-LRU under control of the processor clears a topology database on the HE-LRU based on detecting that a packet transmitted on a first one of the ports has been received on a second one of the ports and based on further detecting that the HE-LRU is a designated break LRU. 21. The IFE system of claim 19, wherein the HE-LRU under control of the processor transmits a topology change packet on an unblocked one of the ports based on detecting that a packet transmitted on a first one of the ports has been received on a second one of the ports and based on further detecting that the HE-LRU is a designated break LRU. 22. The IFE system of claim 19, wherein the HE-LRU comprises a server.
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