A system may receive social data from a plurality of social data sources. A system may process the social data using semantic analysis to detect keywords in the social data indicative of a group transportation need. A system may identify a plurality of individuals who share a group transportation need. A system may predict the group transportation need using a neural network trained to predict transportation needs based on the detected keywords. A system may provide a transportation recommendation based on the prediction.

A method of operating a vehicle in a transportation system includes: receiving data collected for each of a set of users based on interactions of the set of users with a user interface of the vehicle including at least one of a vehicle data system, a vision system, and a connected system; performing robotic process automation on the interactions; learning changes in driving style using an artificial intelligence system based on the robotic process automation; and undertaking an action within the vehicle on behalf of the user based on the learned changes in driving style.

System for promoting spontaneous purchases of goods using prestocked lockers and proximity marketing. Locker banks having secure lockers are deployed at strategic locations near consumers. The lockers are prestocked with items available for purchase. The prestocked items are marketed to roaming consumers whose mobile devices report Global Positioning System (GPS) positions near the locker banks. When purchase commitments respecting prestocked items are received from consumers via their mobile devices, access keys to lockers where the purchased items are stocked are activated and the consumers retrieve the purchased items from the lockers using the access keys.

Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure builds on integrating existing technology with new devices, methods, and systems to provide a complete vehicle ecosystem.

Methods and systems for a traffic control system provide arrangements and processes for managing automated vehicles. The traffic control system can register vehicles and then control the operation of the vehicles through a section of roadway. The automated control includes the communication of directions and other messages that ensure the proper function of the vehicle while under the guidance of the traffic control system

Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein for providing mobile content display. A system for providing mobile content display comprises a display device on an exterior of a motored vehicle, a communication device, and a control circuit coupled to the display device and the communication device. The control circuit being configured to: authenticate a user device in proximity of the motored vehicle via the communication device, communicatively couple to the user device via a user interface program running on the user device while the motored vehicle is in motion, and cause the display device to display content based on a communication with the user device.

Methods and systems for a vehicle system that include accessing the bandwidth of a wireless communication system whose bandwidth may be available for use by a vehicle. The vehicle receives permission from the wireless communication system that has access to bandwidth to utilize the bandwidth.

The present invention is a system and method for arranging duty with transport among parties, which method includes the steps of: enabling a customer at a first geographic location to access a database of a main service in order to select a duty and make a request for the duty, selecting a respondent at a second geographic location from a respondent pool of candidate respondents of the duty, communicating a progress information that contains the second geographic location to the customer, giving pay to the respondents after the respondents finished the duty for the customer, and collecting a first feedback from the customer and a second feedback from the respondents regarding the other party in the transaction.

A computerized information apparatus useful for providing information to a user via a display. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a processor apparatus, and first wireless interface, radio frequency apparatus, and at least one computer program configured to run on the processor apparatus, the at least one program being configured to enable functions within a transport device including remote control of environment functions (e.g., HVAC, lighting, imagery capture) based on authentication of a user carrying a portable radio frequency device.

A computerized information apparatus useful for providing information to a user via a display. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a processor apparatus, and speech input apparatus, touch screen input and display apparatus, and at least one computer program configured to run on the processor apparatus, the at least one program being configured to provide a user with contextually relevant content without an affirmative request for such content, but rather based on context divined from one or more free form words spoken by the user, whether while searching for information or otherwise. In one variant, the context determination is performed by a remote networked server after having been provided digitized speech samples via wireless interface. In another variant, the context is determined based on soft function key inputs from the user while requesting information. A virtual database structure enabling rapid context determination is also disclosed.