Patent ID: 7181160

Claim:
A system that provides information to a second passenger vehicle, to create an information network 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 receive an information signal that includes the information from the information source, and to transmit the information signal; a directional antenna having focused transmit and reception patterns that is coupled to the first transmitter/receiver unit and is adapted to receive and transmit the information signal; a third transmitter/receiver unit adapted to receive the information signal and to transmit the information signal, to provide the information signal between the first transmitter/receiver unit and the second passenger vehicle; a second transmitter/receiver unit located on the second passenger vehicle, the second transmitter/receiver unit being adapted to receive the information signal; and a passenger interface coupled to the second transmitter/receiver unit and adapted to provide at least some of the information for access by a passenger associated with the second passenger vehicle.