Patent ID: 8719037

Claim:
A transport apparatus configured to transport one or more persons from one location to the next, comprising: control apparatus configured to enable control of at least one aspect of the motion or operation of the transport apparatus; a passenger compartment; and computerized information and display apparatus disposed at least partly within the passenger compartment, the information and display apparatus comprising: a network interface; processing apparatus in data communication with the network interface; a display device; and a storage apparatus comprising at least one computer program, said at least one program being configured to, when executed: obtain digitized speech generated based on speech received from a passenger, the digitized speech comprising an affirmative query for desired information which the passenger wishes to find; and cause, based at least in part on the digitized speech, access of a remote network entity to cause retrieval of the desired information; wherein the computerized information and display apparatus is further configured to display advertising content on the display device, the content received via the network interface and selected based at least in part on the digitized speech.