ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,352, issued on July 15, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).
"Multimedia server suitable to be installed on-board an aircraft, associated entertainment system, method and computer program" was invented by Pierre Harambillet (Merignac, France), Francois Michel (Merignac, France) and Jean-Vincent Lamberti (Merignac, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a multimedia server on-board an aircraft including: a database including a permanent part and a temporary part, the temporary part being empty each time the aircraft takes off; a module for receiving a request from a terminal including a playback request for a multi...