Abstract: The current document is directed to an enclosure for electronic equipment that secures the electronic equipment within a storage space, provides ventilation for the electronic equipment, which generates heat during operation, and protects the electronic equipment from mechanical insults while, at the same time, providing access to control features and display features on the front panel of the electronic equipment. The currently disclosed enclosure includes cooling ports that allow for exchange of air between the external environment and the interior of the enclosure. One implementation of the currently disclosed enclosure can be partly disassembled in order to quickly secure the electronic equipment within the enclosure and can then be quickly reassembled for storage.

Abstract: The current document is directed to semi-automated service-and-transaction systems that provide information, communications, and transaction services to passengers traveling within various types of vehicles, including commercial airliners. The currently disclosed semi-automated service-and-transaction systems interconnect passenger smart phones, laptops, tablets, and other personal, processor-controlled computing and communications devices with an on-board hub-and-server component and processor-controlled computing and communications devices used by transportation personnel, including flight attendants on commercial aircraft. The on-board hub-and-server component interfaces to a distributed-service-and-transaction application within a remote cloud-computing facility.

Abstract: The current document is directed to an enclosure for electronic equipment that secures the electronic equipment within a storage space, provides ventilation for the electronic equipment, which generates heat during operation, and protects the electronic equipment from mechanical insults while, at the same time, providing access to control features and display features on the front panel of the electronic equipment. The currently disclosed enclosure includes cooling ports that allow for exchange of air between the external environment and the interior of the enclosure. One implementation of the currently disclosed enclosure can be partly disassembled in order to quickly secure the electronic equipment within the enclosure and can then be quickly reassembled for storage.