Patent ID: 6751442
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
A system that provides information to a second passenger vehicle, to create an information network where there is no existing fixed communication channel between the second passenger vehicle and an information source, the system comprising:a first transmitter/receiver unit disposed on a first passenger vehicle and adapted to provide the information to a first passenger associated with the first passenger vehicle; an antenna coupled to the first transmitter/receiver unit and adapted to receive an information signal that includes the information from the information source and to re-transmit the information signal; a receiver located on the second passenger vehicle, the receiver being adapted to receive the information signal, and to provide the information for access by a second passenger associated with the second passenger vehicle; and an additional transmitter/receiver unit that receives the information signal and transmits the information signal, to provide the information signal between the first transmitter/receiver unit and the receiver.