Patent ID: 7433782

Claim:
A method of providing information to a driver of a vehicle, the method comprising: providing a menu of driver-selectable destination categories, each category corresponding to a particular type of landmarks in a geographic region; providing on a windshield of the vehicle an image of each landmark belonging to each destination category selected by the driver comparing a location of the vehicle with stored information about a location of a desired driver action in relation to at least one landmark; generating a visual message displayed on the windshield when the location of the vehicle is in a predetermined relationship to the location of the desired driver action, wherein the predetermined relationship is determined based upon an estimated time when the driver should take the desired driver action; and determining when the vehicle is at rest and, when the vehicle is determined to be at rest, providing at least one among location-related information, e-mail, advertising, weather information, and traffic information, which is presented as at least one of a visual image displayed on the windshield of the vehicle and an audible signal produced within the vehicle.