Method of sending advertising messages

• US 20030092387A1
• Filed: 09/26/2002
• Published: 05/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Modul-System Sweden AB
• Original Assignee: Modul-System Sweden AB
• Inventors: Hjelmvik, Torbernt
• Granted Patent: US 6,973,321 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/127 Shopping or accessing services according to a time-limitation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3224 Transactions dependent on location of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/24 for parking meters

Abstract

A method of sending advertising messages in connection with a vehicle parking system in which a mobile telephone (1) is used to commence and to terminate the parking of a vehicle and in which a telephone user sends the identity of the vehicle parking zone concerned to a receiving first computer (2) belonging to said parking system, in conjunction with the commencement and the termination of vehicle parking via the mobile telephone (1), wherein the identity of the parking zone and the telephone number of the mobile telephone (1) are detected and stored in the computer. The invention is characterised in that when a user connects himself to the parking system computer (2) by means of the mobile telephone (1) the parking system computer is caused to send the mobile telephone number and the identity of the parking zone in question, or the identity of the geographical area in which the parking zone is located, to a second computer (6) connected to a memory (7) in which the advertising messages are stored; and in that one or more advertising messages pertinent to said geographical area are caused to be sent to the mobile telephone (1) from the second computer (6).

Claims

1. A method of sending advertising messages in connection with a vehicle parking system in which a mobile telephone (1) is used to commence and to terminate the parking of a vehicle and in which a telephone user sends the identity of the vehicle parking zone concerned to a receiving first computer (2) belonging to said parking system, in conjunction with the commencement and the termination of vehicle parking via the mobile telephone (1), wherein the identity of the parking zone and the telephone number of the mobile telephone (1) are detected and stored in the computer, characterised in that when a user connects himself to the parking system computer (2) by means of the mobile telephone (1) the parking system computer is caused to send the mobile telephone number and the identity of the parking zone in question, or the identity of the geographical area in which the parking zone is located, to a second computer (6) connected to a memory (7) in which the advertising messages are stored;

in that one or more advertising messages pertinent to said geographical area are caused to be sent to the mobile telephone (1) from the second computer (6); and

in that transmission of relevant advertising messages to the mobile telephone (1) is caused to take place when the user connects his mobile telephone to the first computer (2).

2. A method according to claim 1, characterised in that when said second computer (6) receives a telephone number and the identity of a geographical area, one or more advertising messages is/are caused to be sent from the second computer (6) to said first computer (2);

and in that said first computer (2) is caused to send pertinent advertising messages to the mobile telephone (1).

3. A method according to claim 1, characterised in that when said second computer (6) receives a telephone number and the identity of a geographical area said second computer (6) is caused to send one or more advertising messages to the mobile telephone (1).

4. A method according to claim 1 or 3, characterised in that transmission of pertinent advertising messages to the mobile telephone (1) is caused to take place in response to the computer (2;

6) in question calling the mobile telephone.

5. A method according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterised in that the advertising messages are audible messages.

6. A method according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterised in that the advertising messages are in the form of messages presented on the display (8) of the mobile telephone (1), such as SMS messages.