Patent ID: 8713613

Claim:
A data distribution system for a vehicle, comprising: a data distribution unit permanently mounted on a surface within the vehicle, comprising: a wireless receiver configured to receive coded data wirelessly via a cellular network; a signal processor configured to decode the coded data into video data and audio data; a first wireless transmitter configured to transmit the video data wirelessly to a display and transmit the audio data wirelessly to a speaker, and to create a first hotspot having a first access level by assigning an Internet Protocol (IP) address to a first wireless enabled device via an 802.11 transmission standard; and a second wireless transmitter configured to create a second hotspot having a second access level, different from the first access level, by assigning an IP address to a second wireless enabled device via the 802.11 transmission standard; a video camera mounted on a first surface in the vehicle and located separately from the data distribution unit, and configured to record local video data, and wirelessly transmit the local video data to the data distribution unit during a videoconferencing session; and a microphone mounted on a second surface in the vehicle and located separately from the data distribution unit, and configured to record local audio data, and wirelessly transmit the local audio data to the data distribution unit during a videoconferencing session, wherein the first surface and the second surface are a same surface or a different surface.