Patent ID: 7139595

Claim:
A transit vehicle broadcast system for broadcasting multimedia content to a plurality of passengers traveling in a transit vehicle having multiple cars, interconnected in predetermined order, the transit vehicle broadcast system comprising: first means, located in a one of said cars of said transit vehicle, for receiving said multimedia content; processing means to manage said multimedia content and to distribute and broadcast said multimedia content, comprising; first storage means, located in a one of said cars of said transit vehicle, for storing said multimedia content; first means, located in a one of said cars of said transit vehicle, for wirelessly broadcasting said received multimedia content to said plurality of passengers traveling in said one of said cars of said transit vehicle; converter means connected to said first storage means for converting said multimedia content to a predetermined wireless frequency; amplifier means for amplifying said converted multimedia content; a plurality of transmitters, one of said plurality of transmitters located on each of said cars of said transit vehicle for transmitting said converted multimedia content to a next one of said cars of said transit vehicle, interconnected in a predetermined order; a plurality of receivers, one of said plurality of receivers located on each of said cars of said transit vehicle for receiving said transmitted multimedia content from a previous one of said cars of said transit vehicle; and a plurality of means for broadcasting said multimedia content, at least one of said plurality of broadcasting means connected to said plurality of receivers for broadcasting said multimedia content to said plurality of passengers.