A method of vehicle rental permitting soft-configuration, by providing a rental vehicle (100) having a range of optional infotainment and safety assistance features available which can be activated or deactivated through wireless software configuration. Additional features can be purchased and activated on-the-move; that is, after a customer (300) has paid for an initial set of features and started to use the vehicle, further features can be both paid for and activated wirelessly. The vehicle picking and configuration process is automated by generating a configuration message at a rental centre (200) and transmitting this wirelessly to the destination vehicle, taking advantage of the vehicle's soft configuration flexibility.
Configurable rental vehicle
Konfigurierbares Mietfahrzeug
Véhicule de location configurable
2016-01-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / G06Q Datenverarbeitungssysteme oder -verfahren, besonders angepasst an verwaltungstechnische, geschäftliche, finanzielle oder betriebswirtschaftliche Zwecke, sowie an geschäftsbezogene Überwachungs- oder Voraussagezwecke , DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES / G07C TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS , Zeit- oder Anwesenheitskontrollgeräte / H04W WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS , Drahtlose Kommunikationsnetze |