Patent ID: 8660735

Claim:
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.