Patent ID: 8897708

Claim:
A system for providing information from the Internet to an occupant of a vehicle, the system for use with a computing device configured to receive the information from the Internet via a first communications device, the computing device further including a first radio frequency transceiver, the vehicle including a vehicle display system mounted in the vehicle and configured to provide visual information to the occupant, and a vehicle audio system mounted in the vehicle and configured to provide audio information to the occupant, the system comprising: a second radio frequency transceiver mounted in the vehicle and configured to communicate with the first radio frequency transceiver via a wireless communications link using a Bluetooth communication protocol, wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is configured to receive the information via the wireless communications link, wherein the computing device and the first radio frequency transceiver are located outside the vehicle; and a memory device mounted in the vehicle and configured to receive the information from the second radio frequency transceiver; wherein the vehicle audio system is configured to provide the audio information based on the information; wherein the vehicle display system is configured to provide the visual information based on the information; wherein the memory device is configured to store the information.