System for displaying vehicle information, the
system encompassing: a
data center encompassing: a storage device configured to store one or more car-sharing records that include car-sharing service reservation account information, reservation time-sharing information, and / or vehicle return expectation information; a long-range
transmitter-
receiver configured to transmit and receive one or more data transmissions over a long-range
communication channel; a
server configured to communicate with the storage and long-range
transmitter-
receiver, wherein the
server configured to operate the long-range
transmitter-
receiver to transmit the car-sharing
data records that
record data transmissions over the long-range
communication channel; a vehicle encompassing: a
communication device configured to transmit and receive one or more data transmissions over a short-range
communication channel; a
telematics unit configured to transmit with the
communication device, wherein the
telematics unit is configured to transmit and receive one or more data transmissions via the long-range communication channel, and wherein the
telematics unit is configured to operate the
communication device to transmit one or more transmissions via the short-range communication channel; a parking sign that is assigned to a
parking space, including: a short-range transmitter-receiver configured to transmit and receive one or more data transmissions over a short-range communication channel; a graphic display in the form of an LCD, LED or
OLED display, configured to display information; and a processor module configured to communicate with the short-range transmitter-receiver and the graphic display, wherein the processor module is configured to receive one or more data transmissions from the short-range transmitter-receiver, wherein the processor module is configured to generate a notification when the processor module determines that the one or more data transmissions include car-sharing
record information sufficient to generate the notification, wherein the notification includes, depending on the one or more car-sharing records, car-sharing service reservation account information, reservation time-sharing information, and vehicle return expectation information, and wherein the processor module is further configured to operate the graphic display to show the notification.