Car performance addition service providing system, acquiring system, method, and storage medium

• US 20030171859A1
• Filed: 03/28/2003
• Published: 09/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Murakoshi, Atsushi
• Application Number:
  US10/400,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20030171859A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0234 related to maintenance or repairing of vehicles

Abstract

According to the present invention, there is disclosed a car performance addition service providing system in which a predetermined setting division provides an addition service relating to a performance to a car using an electronic control via communication, the system comprising a first transmission unit which transmits setting information relating to the performance to the car, an acceptance unit which accepts a request for desired performance setting from the car in accordance with the setting information transmitted by the first transmission unit, and a second transmission unit which transmits setting data corresponding to the request accepted by the acceptance unit to the car.

Claims

1. A car performance addition service providing system in which a predetermined setting division provides an addition service relating to a performance to a car using an electronic control via communication, the system comprising:

first transmission means which transmits setting information relating to the performance to the car;

acceptance means which accepts a request for desired performance setting from the car in accordance with the setting information transmitted by the first transmission means; and

second transmission means which transmits setting data corresponding to the request accepted by the acceptance means to the car.

2. A car performance addition service acquiring system in which a car using an electronic control receives an addition service relating to a performance from a predetermined setting division via communication, the system comprising:

first reception means which receives setting information relating to the performance from the setting division;

request means which requests desired performance setting of the setting division in accordance with the setting information received by the first reception means;

second reception means which receives setting data corresponding to the request of the request means from the setting division; and

change means which changes the setting of a corresponding portion by the setting data received by the second reception means.

3. A car performance addition service providing method of providing an addition service relating to a performance to a car using an electronic control from a predetermined setting division via communication, the method comprising:

a step of receiving communication connection to the setting division from the car;

a step of transmitting setting information relating to the performance to the car;

a step of receiving a request for desired performance setting to the setting division from the car in accordance with the setting information; and

a step of transmitting corresponding setting data to the car in response to the request from the car.

4. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 3, further comprising:

a step of managing information relating to the car received from a sales division which has sold the car.

5. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 4, further comprising:

receiving predetermined information relating to the car during the communication connection to the setting division from the car; and

transmitting the setting information relating to the performance to the car, when the received predetermined information agrees with the information relating to the car being managed.

6. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 3, comprising:

transmitting charge information together with the setting information to the car.

7. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 3, comprising:

inducing self-diagnosis, after the setting of the corresponding portion is changed in the car.

8. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 7, comprising:

receiving a result of the self-diagnosis from the car; and

analyzing diagnosis data.

9. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 8, comprising:

receiving position information from the car;

searching for a repair division close to the car; and

transmitting the diagnosis data and position information to the repair division, when there is a problem in the result of the analysis of the diagnosis data.

10. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 9, comprising:

urging the repair division to analyze the diagnosis data; and

requesting dispatch of a repairer to the car indicated by the position information if necessary.

11. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 10, comprising:

notifying the car of information relating to repair, after the repair by the repairer ends.

12. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 3, comprising:

charging a fee via a predetermined financial division, after the changing of the setting by the car ends.

13. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 10, comprising:

charging a fee via a predetermined financial division, after the repair by the repairer ends.

14. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 10, comprising:

receiving repair data from the repair division; and

changing/managing data relating to the car based on the repair data.

15. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 3, comprising:

accepting communication from the car, only when a standby signal is received from the car.

16. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 3, wherein the communication from the car is performed via a cellular phone.

17. The car performance addition service providing method according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined information comprises information peculiar to an owner of the car.

18. A computer readable storage medium in which a car performance addition service providing program is recorded to allow a computer to function as:

first transmission means which transmits setting information relating to a performance to a car using an electronic control;

acceptance means which accepts a request for desired performance setting in accordance with the setting information transmitted by the first transmission means from the car; and

second transmission means which transmits setting data corresponding to the request accepted by the acceptance means to the car.

19. A computer readable storage medium in which a car performance addition service providing program is recorded to allow a computer to function as:

first reception means which receives setting information relating to a performance of a car using an electronic control from a predetermined setting division;

request means which requests desired performance setting of the setting division in accordance with the setting information received by the first reception means;

second reception means which receives setting data corresponding to the request of the request means from the setting division; and

change means which changes the setting of a corresponding portion of the car by the setting data received by the second reception means.