Method and system of preserving purchased on-demand transportation entertainment services across different journey segments or separate trips

摘要

A method and system for allowing the purchaser of an on-demand entertainment session of predetermined time duration to reaccess that portion of the session not used. On-demand passenger entertainment services in airline flights often offer services, such as movies, of a predetermined time duration which time is longer than the time of flight. The method and system disclosed allows purchasers to gain access on another flight to the unused portion of the services, such as, the unseen portion of a movie, terminated at the end of the initial flight.

主权项

1. A method of preserving the amount of unused time of an on-demand service session provided to user terminals at passage seats on transportation vehicles through an on-board server computer programmed to provide such service in a server network, said on-board server computer further programmed to carry out the steps of:
authorizing purchase of play of an on-demand service session of predetermined play time duration from said on-board server computer on a transportation vehicle through a user terminal using a unique identifier; storing said play time duration purchased, the identity of said purchased on-demand service session and said unique identifier in a user file in said on-board server computer; commencing play of said on-demand service session of predetermined play time duration on said user terminal received from said on-board server computer; terminating play on said user terminal from said on-board server computer before the end of said on-demand service session of predetermined play time duration; determining the amount of play time remaining in said on-demand service session of predetermined play time duration using said predetermined time duration of said service session and the point in time in said session when said session is terminated; storing said amount of play time remaining in said on-demand service session of predetermined play time duration in said user file in said on-board server computer; sending the information in said user file stored in said on-board server computer, including said play time duration purchased, said play time remaining, the identity of said purchased on-demand service session and said unique identifier to a central server; resending said information in said user file from said central server to another on-board computer server on a transportation vehicle for resuming play; and resuming play of said amount of time remaining in said on-demand service session of predetermined play time duration by accessing said user file associated with said unique identifier in said another on-board server computer through a user terminal using said unique identifier.