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

Abstract

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.

1 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A system for on-demand purchase of airline flight passenger seat service:
 a passenger terminal at said passenger seat for accessing a local server on said flight for purchase of a service session of predetermined time duration using a unique identifier and wherein said local server acts to automatically terminate play of said session when said flight ends and determines the amount of any session time remaining in said session of predetermined duration and stores said time remaining in a session file with said unique identifier;   a central ground-based server linked to said local server for receiving said stored session file including any said session time remaining in said session of predetermined duration;   another local server on another airline flight linked to said central server for receiving said stored session file including any session time remaining; and   a passenger terminal at a passenger seat on said another airline flight for accessing said another local server using said unique identifier to allow continued play of said session for at least a part of the amount of any session time remaining.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  wherein said local server and another local server are linked to said central ground-based server by wireless communication. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 16  wherein said unique identifier is a credit card number and password. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  wherein said local server and another local server is the same server on different flight segments of the same aircraft. 
     
     
         20 - 25 . (canceled)