SMART KEY EMULATION FOR VEHICLES AND MOBILE DEVICE-ENHANCED RENTAL VEHICLE TRANSACTIONS

A number of techniques are disclosed for making it more convenient and efficient for customers to conduct various rental vehicle transactions. As an example, a technique for performing an automated pickup of a rental vehicle using a mobile device is disclosed. As another example, a technique for per...

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Hauptverfasser:	CONNORS, Robert, REH, E. Paul, STEPHENS, Scott, HARMON, Michele Muscarella, JOHNSON, Ryan, FITZGERALD, Neil, SMITH, Dave G, MCALINEY, Tom, FLYNN, Ryan C, SCHMITT, Jerome V, REISER, Derik
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDEDFOR ELSEWHERE CALCULATING CHECKING-DEVICES COMPUTING COUNTING DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS FRANKING APPARATUS GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Zusammenfassung:	A number of techniques are disclosed for making it more convenient and efficient for customers to conduct various rental vehicle transactions. As an example, a technique for performing an automated pickup of a rental vehicle using a mobile device is disclosed. As another example, a technique for performing an automated return administration of a rental vehicle using a mobile device is disclosed. As another example, a technique for permitting customer to select a particular rental vehicle for a rental vehicle transaction using a mobile device is disclosed. Also disclosed is a technique for permitting a customer to keylessly start a rental vehicle using a machine-sensible item such as his/her mobile device without requiring the customer to possess a smart key.