Passenger tailored content for vehicle entertainment systems

A method implemented by a server on a commercial passenger vehicle, comprising:

• receiving, by the server, a multimedia content based on a social media trend associated with:
• an entertainment preference of at least one passenger, a destination to which the at least one passenger is traveling, and a time when the at least one passenger will be at the destination;
• sending, to a media playback device in the commercial passenger vehicle and associated with the at least one passenger, a message to display an option to watch or listen to the multimedia content,
• wherein a graphical user interface (GUI) of the media playback device displays a selectable icon for the multimedia content along with one or more selectable passenger preference indicators that enable the at least one passenger to indicate a preference for watching or listening to the multimedia content;
• receiving, from the media playback device, an indication of the preference of the at least one passenger for watching or listening to the multimedia content;
• updating, based on the received indication of the preference, the entertainment preference for the at least one passenger to obtain an updated entertainment preference;
• and
• transmitting the updated entertainment preference for the at least one passenger to a first server, the first server being a fixed location server and services more than one vehicle.

An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory, the apparatus implemented on a commercial passenger vehicle and configured to perform a method, the method comprising:

• receiving a multimedia content based on a social media trend associated with both an entertainment preference of at least one passenger, a destination to which the at least one passenger is traveling, and a time when the at least one passenger will be at the destination;
• sending, to a media playback device in the commercial passenger vehicle and associated with the at least one passenger, a message to display an option to watch or listen to the multimedia content,
• wherein a graphical user interface (GUI) of the media playback device displays a selectable icon for the multimedia content along with one or more selectable passenger preference indicators that enable the at least one passenger to indicate a preference for watching or listening to the multimedia content;
• receiving, from the media playback device, an indication of the preference of the at least one passenger for watching or listening to the multimedia content;
• updating, based on the received indication of the preference, the entertainment preference for the at least one passenger to obtain an updated entertainment preference;
• and
• transmitting the updated entertainment preference for the at least one passenger to a first server that is in a fixed location and services more than one passenger vehicle and is not located within any passenger vehicle.