Patents Assigned to The Rail Network, Inc.
  • Transit vehicle wireless transmission broadcast system
    Publication number: 20070004354
    Abstract: A transit vehicle wireless transmission broadcast system for wirelessly transmitting multimedia content from one transit vehicle to another transit vehicle for broadcast of the multimedia content to passengers traveling in the transit vehicles. Each transit vehicle includes a receiver for receiving the multimedia content or storage device for retrieving the multimedia content and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the multimedia content to a receiver located on another transit vehicle. Each of the transit vehicles includes broadcast device for broadcasting the multimedia content to the passengers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: The Rail Network, Inc.
    Inventor: David Lane
  • Transit vehicle wireless transmission broadcast system
    Patent number: 7139595
    Abstract: A transit vehicle wireless transmission broadcast system for wirelessly transmitting multimedia content from one transit vehicle to another transit vehicle for broadcast of the multimedia content to passengers traveling in the transit vehicles. Each transit vehicle includes a receiver for receiving the multimedia content or storage device for retrieving the multimedia content and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the multimedia content to a receiver located on another transit vehicle. Each of the transit vehicles includes broadcast device for broadcasting the multimedia content to the passengers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: The Rail Network, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Lane
  • Transit vehicle multimedia broadcast system
    Patent number: 6407673
    Abstract: The transit vehicle multimedia broadcast system comprises a multimedia broadcast system for broadcasting stored audio, video, graphic and/or text messages to passengers on transit vehicles that travel a predetermined route in areas where traditional multimedia broadcast is not available, such as in subway tunnels. The system includes at least one storage device along the predetermined route that stores multimedia data and wirelessly transmits the data to at least one transit transceiver located on the transit vehicles while the vehicle are stationary at a location corresponding to the location of the storage device. The multimedia can be stored on the vehicle and transmitted using one of a plurality of transmission devices to a plurality of video graphic display devices located in the transit vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: The Rail Network, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Lane