Electronic vehicle steering accessory

1 . 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.

2 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 1 , further comprising:

one or more buttons positioned on the external surface of the body portion and communicatively coupled to the computing device.

3 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 1 , further comprising:

an audio system positioned on the body portion and communicatively coupled to the computing device.

4 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 1 , wherein the electronic display screen is at least partially recessed within the body portion and forms at least a portion of the external surface of the body portion.

5 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 1 , wherein the computing device includes a wireless communication transceiver.

6 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 5 , wherein the wireless communication transceiver enables wireless communication between the computing device and the external electronic device.

7 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 6 , wherein the external electronic device is a mobile phone and the computing device is configured to render call information on the electronic display screen.

8 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 1 , further comprising:

a vibration motor communicatively coupled to the computing device and configured to provide vibrations to the body portion.

9 . 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; 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.

10 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 9 , further comprising:

one or more buttons positioned on the external surface of the body portion and communicatively coupled to the computing device.

11 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 9 , further comprising:

an audio system positioned on the body portion and communicatively coupled to the computing device.

12 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 9 , wherein the computing device includes a wireless communication transceiver.

13 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 12 , wherein the wireless communication transceiver enables wireless communication between the computing device and the external electronic device.

14 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 13 , wherein the external electronic device is a mobile phone and the computing device is configured to render call information on the electronic display screen.

15 . The electronic vehicle steering accessory of claim 9 , further comprising:

a vibration motor communicatively coupled to the computing device and configured to provide vibrations to the body portion.

16 . 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; and

energizing the global positioning system to obtain location information for the vehicle steering accessor; and

communicating the location information to the external computing device.