Patent ID: 7519740

Claim:
A server for use in a vehicle including a first wireless interface providing a connection on a customer basis, for local user terminals to the server, to enable access to local content on the server, a second wireless interface providing a connection to an external mobile network, to enable access to remote content on remote servers, and a third wireless interface for providing a broadband connection to an external network to enable access to remote content on remote servers, wherein if access to a remote server is requested by a local user terminal, the server first attempts to connect to the remote server via the third wireless interface such that if the third wireless interface establishes a connection with the remote server, the local user terminal is permitted to access the remote content using the server via the third wireless interface, and if the third wireless interface cannot establish a connection with the remote server, the server attempts to connect to the remote server via the second wireless interface so that the local customer terminal can use the server to access the remote content via the second wireless interface.