Rental/car-share vehicle access and management system and method
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G07C-005/00
G07C-009/00
G07B-015/00
출원번호
US-0315586
(2014-06-26)
등록번호
US-9373201
(2016-06-21)
발명자
/ 주소
Jefferies, James E.
DeMay, Rod W.
Lachinyan, Gurgen L.
출원인 / 주소
Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Thompson Coburn LLP
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207
초록▼
A rental/car-share (RCS) vehicle access and management system and method, in some embodiments, utilizes barcodes, QR codes (or NFC/RFID), GPS, and a mobile app coupled with a wireless network to enable customers to bypass the reservation desk and pickup and drop off reserved RCS vehicles using a mob
A rental/car-share (RCS) vehicle access and management system and method, in some embodiments, utilizes barcodes, QR codes (or NFC/RFID), GPS, and a mobile app coupled with a wireless network to enable customers to bypass the reservation desk and pickup and drop off reserved RCS vehicles using a mobile phone, tablet or laptop. The QR code, RFID, or NFC communication with the mobile application allows for identification of the vehicle by a mobile application, which, if authorized, can access the vehicle via a temporary access code issued by remote servers. The remote servers and/or mobile application communicates with a control module that plugs into the on-board diagnostics module of the rental/car-share (RCS) vehicle and includes a host processing unit with a processor, an accelerometer, data storage, a GPS with internal GPS antenna; a wireless modem with internal antenna, and CAN bus transceivers connected with the processor, and a USB programmable interface.
대표청구항▼
1. A method of supporting registration of a control module with a rental vehicle to enable a remote computing system to wirelessly communicate instructions to the rental vehicle via the control module, the method comprising: prior to the control module communicating with the rental vehicle in respon
1. A method of supporting registration of a control module with a rental vehicle to enable a remote computing system to wirelessly communicate instructions to the rental vehicle via the control module, the method comprising: prior to the control module communicating with the rental vehicle in response to any instructions received by the control module from the remote computing system via cellular communication, a mobile computing device receiving a first identifier via a wireless data capture technique distinct from cellular communication, the first identifier corresponding to a unique identifier of the control module;prior to the control module communicating with the rental vehicle in response to any instructions received by the control module from the remote computing system via cellular communication, the mobile computing device receiving a second identifier via a wireless data capture technique distinct from cellular communication, the second identifier corresponding to a unique identifier of the rental vehicle;the mobile computing device sending the first identifier and the second identifier to the remote computing system for association of the first identifier with the second identifier to register the control module with the rental vehicle within the remote computing system. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless data capture technique for receiving the first identifier comprises a bar code scan. 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the wireless data capture technique for receiving the second identifier comprises a QR code scan. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless data capture technique for receiving the first identifier comprises near-field communication. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless data capture technique for receiving the first identifier comprises a QR code scan. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless data capture technique for receiving the first identifier comprises a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication. 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless data capture technique for receiving the second identifier comprises a bar code scan. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless data capture technique for receiving the second identifier comprises a QR code scan. 9. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless data capture technique for receiving the second identifier comprises near-field communication. 10. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless data capture technique for receiving the second identifier comprises a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless data capture technique for receiving the second identifier comprises a photograph of a license plate or a vehicle identification number (VIN) for the rental vehicle. 12. The method of claim 1 further comprising: electronically connecting the control module to an on-board diagnostics (OBD) unit of the rental vehicle; andelectronically connecting the control module to a controller area network (CAN) bus of the rental vehicle. 13. The method of claim 12 further comprising: while the control module is electronically connected to the OBD unit and the CAN bus of the rental vehicle, testing the control module by the control module determining whether a plurality of correct command codes for the rental vehicle are stored in the control module. 14. The method of claim 13 further comprising conditioning performance of the sending step on the testing step being successful. 15. The method of claim 14 wherein the testing step further comprises (1) the control module determining whether the control module knows its own first identifier, (2) the control module determining whether the control module is able to automatically detect the second identifier from the rental vehicle, and (3) the control module determining whether its own determined first identifier is correctly paired with the automatically detected second identifier. 16. The method of claim 12 wherein the registration of the control module with the rental vehicle within the remote computing system permits the remote computing system to remotely unlock the rental vehicle by sending an unlock instruction via cellular communication to the control module, whereupon the control module electronically interacts with the rental vehicle to unlock the rental vehicle in response to the unlock instruction, and wherein the method steps are performed without directly connecting the control module to a locking mechanism of the rental vehicle. 17. A computer program product comprising: a plurality of instructions that are resident on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and are executable by a processor of a mobile computing device, wherein the instructions comprise an installation program, the installation program configured to be executed by the processor in response to input from a user of the mobile computing device;wherein the installation program, when executed by the processor, is configured to cause the mobile computing device to: receive a first identifier via a wireless data capture technique distinct from cellular communication, the first identifier corresponding to a unique identifier of a control module, wherein the control module is to be registered with a rental vehicle within a remote computing system to enable the remote computing system to wirelessly communicate instructions to the rental vehicle via the control module;receive a second identifier via a wireless data capture technique distinct from cellular communication, the second identifier corresponding to a unique identifier of the rental vehicle; andsend the first identifier and the second identifier to the remote computing system for association of the first identifier with the second identifier to register the control module with the rental vehicle within the remote computing system. 18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the instructions are configured for execution by a processor of a smart phone. 19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the instructions are configured for execution by a processor of a tablet computer.
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