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Method of providing information to a vehicle

  • US 8,660,735 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2011
  • Issued: 02/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of providing information to a vehicle, comprising:

  • selecting content, and a source from which the information is retrievable, the information pertaining to the content and the content being associated with an entity, the source being a vehicle user address book and the entity being a person having a contact in the vehicle user address book;

    tracking the vehicle in real time, the tracking being accomplished via a telematics unit operatively disposed in the vehicle;

    via the telematics unit, uploading data obtained from the tracking to an offboard server, the data including at least a then-current location and a then-current speed of the vehicle;

    via a processor associated with the offboard server, utilizing the data to identify the person that is within proximity of the vehicle;

    via the offboard server, obtaining the information from the vehicle user address book, the information being associated with the person that is within proximity of the vehicle;

    transmitting the information from the offboard server to the telematics unit; and

    displaying the information to the vehicle so that the information is associated with an other vehicle representing the person, the other vehicle being within a field of view of a vehicle occupant, and the displaying including presenting any of text or graphics as an augmented overlay on or adjacent to the other vehicle.

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