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Abstract

The Automated Content Upload System networks a plurality of vehicles together when they are parked at a particular location. Communications among the vehicles is guided by a content manager, resident at or near a particular location (e.g., an airport), which maintains data representative of vehicle content data presently stored on each vehicle and the list of scheduled vehicle content data available on each vehicle. The content manager guides the exchange of vehicle content data among the vehicles, as well as from the content manager to the vehicle, to automatically distribute vehicle content data to the vehicle efficiently and timely. This process includes the ability to multicast data from the content manager to multiple vehicles in a single transmission, obtaining content delivery efficiency, populating multiple vehicles via a single transmission from the content manager. Furthermore, the content manager can supplement this process via transmissions to the vehicle over an air-to-ground link.

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