Patent ID: 6407673
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: G08G,H04N

Abstract:
A transit vehicle broadcast system for a transit vehicle that travels a predetermined route in a confined area where traditional broadcast signals are unavailable to passengers, the predetermined route having at least two terminus stations and a plurality of stations on the predetermined route between the at least two terminus stations comprising:a multimedia program source, comprising: a storage device, and at least one transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the multimedia data to the transit vehicle for broadcast to passengers traveling on the transit vehicle, at least one video graphic display means located on the transit vehicle, a transit transceiver located on the transit vehicle to wirelessly receive the transmitted multimedia data from the storage device, and a server including a means for processing, wherein the server is integral to the transit transceiver and connected to the at least one video graphic display means to store and manage the multimedia data received by the transit transceiver and to distribute the multimedia data to the at least one video graphic display means for broadcast on the transit vehicle.