Abstract: A system and method of managing media content for coordinated content playback at a vehicle, the method including: receiving a vehicle playback indication, wherein the vehicle playback indication indicates that media content is or recently was being presented on a personal content playback device; receiving media content playback information concerning playback of the media content to be carried out at the vehicle and/or playback of the media content at the personal content playback device; obtaining media content based on the media content playback information; and sending the media content to the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is configured to present the media content at the vehicle using one or more vehicle-user interfaces that are installed in the vehicle.

Abstract: A system to manage parking violation risk including a memory, controller, vehicle, mobile computing device, and geocoded parking data module. The memory includes executable instructions. The controller can execute the instructions. The vehicle includes a vehicle system. The vehicle system can generate vehicle location data. The vehicle can also communicate the vehicle location data. The mobile computing device can receive transmissions. The geocoded parking data module can produce parking restriction data for a select location.

Abstract: A system to manage the routine maintenance of a vehicle incorporated in a vehicle-share system is presented herein. The maintenance management system includes a vehicle having a vehicle sensor, vehicle communication platform (VCP), and remote entity. The VCP is located within the vehicle and communicates with the vehicle sensor. The VCP is configured to generate and communicate a data transmission. The remote entity has at least one database and is configured to receive the VCP data transmission. Moreover, the VCP collaborates with the vehicle sensor to generate at least one routine maintenance notice and subsequently transmits the routine maintenance notice to the remote entity. Upon review and analysis of the routine maintenance notice, the remote entity will predict future maintenance of the vehicle and modify the vehicle registration status in the database to allow for a maintenance event.

Abstract: A system to manage the routine maintenance of a vehicle incorporated in a vehicle-share system is presented herein. The maintenance management system includes a vehicle having a vehicle sensor, vehicle communication platform (VCP), and remote entity. The VCP is located within the vehicle and communicates with the vehicle sensor. The VCP is configured to generate and communicate a data transmission. The remote entity has at least one database and is configured to receive the VCP data transmission. Moreover, the VCP collaborates with the vehicle sensor to generate at least one routine maintenance notice and subsequently transmits the routine maintenance notice to the remote entity. Upon review and analysis of the routine maintenance notice, the remote entity will predict future maintenance of the vehicle and modify the vehicle registration status in the database to allow for a maintenance event.

Abstract: The invention is directed to forming a bond between dissimilar polymer surfaces. By providing one substrate that comprises a vinyl acetate polymer, and then by modifying the surface energy of that substrate, that substrate may be advantageously bonded with a second polymer substrate having a surface whose surface energy has been modified. In one example, the first substrate is a rigid substrate, while the second substrate is a flexible membrane that is comprised of a thermoplastic elastomer and a vinyl acetate.