System and method for providing alert notifications to a vehicle occupant

An electronic device for providing travel information to an occupant of a vehicle, the electronic device comprising a housing and a plug formed in the housing and extending therefrom, the plug being insertable into an in-vehicle power supply socket for providing power to the electronic device, the housing further comprising:

• a network transceiver for communicating with a wireless telecommunications network;
• a radio transmitter, and
• an actuator on an external surface of the housing of the electronic device,
• wherein the network transceiver is arranged, in use, to communicate with a remote server via the network for determining a position of the electronic device and to receive travel information from the remote server via the network based on the determined position,
• wherein the radio transmitter is arranged, in use, to transmit the received travel information to an in-vehicle radio receiver unit, and
• wherein the actuator is arranged to, upon being actuated, cause the radio transmitter to retransmit a most recently received travel information to the in-vehicle radio receiver unit.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a method for providing travel information to an occupant of a vehicle, the method comprising:

• determining a geographic position of the electronic device;
• determining travel information at a remote server based on the determined geographic position of the electronic device and transmitting said determined travel information via a wireless telecommunications network to a network transceiver in the electronic device;
• transmitting the received travel information to an in-vehicle radio receiver unit using a radio transmitter in the electronic device for output to the vehicle occupant;
• and
• upon receiving an indication that an actuator on an external surface of the electronic device has been actuated, retransmitting the received travel information to an in-vehicle radio receiver unit using the radio transmitter.