Console with monitor and wireless receiver

An overhead console for a vehicle media system, comprising:

• an assembly housing adapted to mount against an overhead interior surface of the vehicle;
• a web browser adapted to interact with one of the Internet and the World Wide Web;
• a wireless transmitter;
• a computer operating system managing the web browser;
• and
• a display device, houseable in said assembly housing, adapted to reproduce wireless signals, said display device comprising:
• a wireless receiver, disposed in said display device, adapted to receive the wireless signals from at least one input source, wherein:
• hardware corresponding to the web browser, the display device and the wireless receiver are connected by a bus
• media is wirelessly sent to the console for display from a portable telephone, wherein the display device is the primary display device for the system and is positioned overhead on the console for principal viewing by passengers, and
• control signals to control operation of the portable telephone are wirelessly sent from the console to the portable telephone via the wireless transmitter.

An overhead console for a vehicle media system, comprising:

• an assembly housing adapted to mount against an overhead interior surface of the vehicle;
• a display device pivotally mounted to said assembly housing, wherein the display device is adapted to reproduce wireless signals and movement of the display device is limited to pivoting, and wherein the display device is the primary display device for the system and is positioned overhead on the console for principal viewing by passengers;
• a computer operating system adapted to manage applications associated with the console;
• and
• a wireless transceiver operatively coupled to said display device, wherein the wireless transceiver is mounted to the assembly housing and is adapted to send and receive the wireless signals from a plurality of input sources, wherein at least one input source is part of a network external to the vehicle, and another input source includes one of a portable personal digital assistant (PDA) and a portable personal computer (PC) wirelessly transmitting media to the console for display, and wherein control signals to control operation of the portable PDA or the portable PC are wirelessly sent from the console to the portable PDA or the portable PC via the wireless transceiver.

An overhead console for a vehicle media system, comprising:

• an assembly housing adapted to mount against an overhead interior surface of the vehicle;
• a wireless receiver, houseable in said assembly housing, adapted to receive wireless signals from at least one video input source;
• a first wireless transmitter;
• a display device, houseable in said assembly housing and operatively coupled to said wireless receiver, adapted to reproduce the wireless signals, wherein the display device is the primary display device for the system and is positioned overhead on the console for principal viewing by passengers;
• a computer operating system adapted to manage applications associated with the console;
• and
• a second wireless transmitter, adapted to transmit wireless control signals to the wireless receiver, the wireless control signals for configuring at least one of controls and applications on the display device, whereby the display device displays control modules, wherein media is wirelessly sent to the console for display from a portable personal computer (PC), and wherein control signals to control operation of the portable PC are wirelessly sent from the console to the portable PC via the first wireless transmitter.