Patent ID: 7493645

Claim:
An overhead console for a vehicle media system, comprising: an assembly housing adapted to mount against an overhead interior surface of the vehicle; a wireless receiver mounted to said assembly housing and adapted to receive wireless signals from at least one video input source; a wireless transmitter; a display device pivotally mounted to said assembly housing and operatively coupled to said wireless receiver, wherein the display device is adapted to reproduce the wireless signals and movement of the display device is limited to pivoting, and wherein the display device is the primary display device for the media system and is positioned overhead on the console for principal viewing by passengers; a processor adapted to execute applications associated with said console; and a computer operating system adapted to manage the applications associated with said console, wherein: the wireless receiver, the display device, the processor and the computer operating system are connected by a bus, media is wirelessly sent to the console for display from one of a portable personal digital assistant (PDA) and a portable personal computer (PC), and control signals to control operation of the portable PDA or the portable PC are wirelessly sent from the console to the portable PDA or the portable PC via the wireless transmitter.