Vehicle media distribution system using optical transmitters
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1. A wireless media distribution system for a passenger vehicle having a plurality of passenger locations, the system comprising:
- a media server;
a plurality of optical transmitters adapted to wirelessly transmit media signals representative of media delivered from the media server;
a plurality of channels used by the optical transmitters to wirelessly transmit said media signals; and
a plurality of discrete coverage zones, each discrete coverage zone including one or more adjacent passenger locations;
wherein each optical transmitter is adapted to direct a media signal to a selected passenger location or a group of passenger locations; and
wherein the allocation of the passenger locations to the discrete coverage zones enables identical channels to be reused in adjacent discrete coverage zones.
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Abstract
A wireless media distribution system for a passenger vehicle including a media server and a plurality of transmitters adapted to wirelessly transmit media signals representative of media delivered from the media server. Each transmitter is adapted to direct a media signal to a selected passenger location or a group of passenger locations.
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1. A wireless media distribution system for a passenger vehicle having a plurality of passenger locations, the system comprising:
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a media server; a plurality of optical transmitters adapted to wirelessly transmit media signals representative of media delivered from the media server; a plurality of channels used by the optical transmitters to wirelessly transmit said media signals; and a plurality of discrete coverage zones, each discrete coverage zone including one or more adjacent passenger locations; wherein each optical transmitter is adapted to direct a media signal to a selected passenger location or a group of passenger locations; and wherein the allocation of the passenger locations to the discrete coverage zones enables identical channels to be reused in adjacent discrete coverage zones. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of wireless media distribution for a wireless media distribution system in a passenger vehicle, the system comprising a media server, a plurality of optical transmitters, a plurality of passenger locations and at least one media player device, the method comprising:
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associating one or more of a plurality of optical transmitters with one or more of a plurality of discrete coverage zones, each discrete coverage zone including a passenger location; adapting the optical transmitters to transmit substantially only to the associated discrete coverage zone, wirelessly transmitting media signals from the optical transmitters to the associated discrete coverage zones, the media signals representative of media delivered from the media server; wherein a media player device in a first discrete coverage zone will receive a media signal transmitted to the first discrete coverage zone and, if moved to an adjacent second discrete coverage zone, will receive a media signal transmitted to the second discrete coverage zone. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A wireless media distribution system for a passenger vehicle having a plurality of passenger locations, the system comprising:
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a media server; a plurality of optical transmitters adapted to wirelessly transmit media signals representative of media delivered from the media server; a plurality of channels used by the optical transmitters to wirelessly transmit said media signals; and a plurality of discrete coverage zones, each discrete coverage zone including one or more adjacent passenger locations and associated with at least one of the optical transmitters, each optical transmitter adapted to direct a media signal to the associated discrete coverage zone; wherein the discrete coverage zones enable identical channels to be reused in adjacent discrete coverage zones. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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