Electronic vehicle steering accessory
AssigneeMaxwell Holloway Owens
InventorMaxwell Holloway Owens
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Abstract
An electronic vehicle steering accessory may include a body portion including an external surface; an electronic display screen positioned on the external surface of the body portion; and a computing device at least partially positioned within an interior of the body portion. The computing device may be communicatively coupled to the electronic display screen and configured to communicate with an external electronic device. The body portion may be removably couplable to a steering input and the computing device may be configured to render customizable content on the electronic display screen.
Claims16
An electronic vehicle steering accessory comprising:
- a body portion including an external surface;
- an electronic display screen positioned on the external surface of the body portion;
- and
- a computing device at least partially positioned within an interior of the body portion, wherein the computing device is communicatively coupled to the electronic display screen and configured to communicate with an external electronic device;
- wherein the body portion is removably couplable to a steering input;
- wherein the computing device is configured to render customizable content on the electronic display screen;
- and
- wherein the computing device includes a global positioning system (GPS), wherein the computing device is configured to receive a location request from the external electronic device, and energize the GPS to obtain location information for the electronic vehicle steering accessory responsive to the request from the external electronic device.
An electronic vehicle steering accessory comprising:
- a body portion including an external surface;
- an electronic display screen at least partially recessed within the body portion forming at least a portion of the external surface of the body portion;
- and
- a computing device at least partially positioned within an interior of the body portion, wherein the computing device is communicatively coupled to the electronic display screen and configured to communicate with an external electronic device;
- wherein the body portion is removably couplable to a steering input;
- wherein the computing device is configured to render customizable content on the electronic display screen;
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- wherein the computing device includes a global positioning system (GPS), wherein the computing device is configured to receive a location request from the external electronic device, and energize the GPS to obtain location information for the electronic vehicle steering accessory responsive to the request from the external electronic device.
A computer-implemented method, executed on a computing device, comprising:
- establishing a connection with an electronic vehicle steering accessory;
- selecting, using the computing device, content to display on an electronic display screen of the electronic vehicle steering accessory;
- communicating an instruction to the electronic vehicle steering accessory for rendering the selected content on the electronic display screen of the electronic vehicle steering accessory, wherein the electronic steering accessory includes a global position system, and wherein the selected content to display includes one or more of location information and navigation information;
- receiving, from an external computing device, a request to provide location information to the external computing device;
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- energizing the global positioning system to obtain location information for the vehicle steering accessor;
- and
- communicating the location information to the external computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.