Vehicle entertainment system providing remote user control of video content on a monitor display and related methods

A method for remotely controlling at least one vehicle video monitor configured to be mounted in a vehicle and comprising a monitor display and a monitor control interface permitting an adjacent user to control video content for the monitor display, the method comprising:

• using a mobile wireless device (MWD) within the vehicle comprising an MWD display for
• obtaining sampled video content being displayed on the monitor display,
• displaying the sampled video content on the MWD display, and
• providing a remote MWD control interface to permit the remote user to remotely control the video content on the monitor display.

A vehicle entertainment system comprising

• a housing configured to be mounted in a vehicle;
• a monitor display carried by the housing;
• a monitor control interface carried by the housing and permitting an adjacent user to control video content for the monitor display;
• and
• circuitry coupled to the monitor display and the monitor control interface and configured to
• sample video content being displayed on the monitor display,
• send the sampled video content to a mobile wireless device (MWD) to be carried by a remote user within the vehicle, and
• cooperate with the MWD to permit the remote user to remotely control the video content on the monitor display via the MWD.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for a mobile wireless device (MWD) comprising an MWD display to be carried by a remote user within a vehicle, the vehicle comprising at least one vehicle video monitor mounted in the vehicle and comprising a monitor display and a monitor control interface permitting an adjacent user to control video content for the monitor display, the non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for causing the MWD to perform steps comprising:

• obtaining sampled video content being displayed on the monitor display;
• displaying the sampled video content on the MWD display;
• and
• providing a remote MWD control interface to permit the remote user to remotely control the video content on the monitor display.