Patent ID: 7227475

Claim:
A information providing system for use in a fleet of public transportation vehicles comprising: a. a processor having a global positioning system (GPS) incorporated therein positioned at a predetermined location within each said vehicle; b. a passenger interface positioned fixed within each said vehicle and connected to said processor for controlling said processor; c. a service provider located remotely from said vehicles for distributing content to each said processor; d. a remote server storing a database containing geographic based information; e. a communication network for connecting said service provider to each said processor; wherein said GPS obtains information regarding a current geographic location of each said vehicle and provides said information to said service provider for analysis thereof, said service provider accessing said remote server to retrieve information based on the geographic location of a processor in a particular vehicle and distributing geographically pertinent content to said processor for display on each said passenger interface for access by a passenger; f. said system being simultaneously in use in a plurality of different vehicles, said service provider being able to receive and respond to a plurality of information requests from a plurality of passengers in different vehicles in different locations; and g. each said passenger being able to access said geographical pertinent content without accessing the internet directly; and h. an external communication network communicating with each vehicle for directly connecting a processor and passenger interface to the internet for data retrieval therefrom, each of the remote server and service provider connected to one another as well as the external communication network by the internet.