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Automatic billing system for a lawn mowing service using GPS

  • US 20030236723A1
  • Filed: 06/25/2002
  • Published: 12/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of mowing a lawn (12) and billing therefor comprising the steps of;

  • cutting a lawn (12) with a lawnmower 10, communicating with a positioning system (16) from a transceiver (14, 20) on the lawnmower (10) to determine the geographical location of the lawn (12), transmitting the location from the transceiver (14, 20) to a programmer (18), assigning an account code to the location, assigning a billing address for the location, transmitting from the transceiver (14, 20) to the programmer (18) upon each occurrence of cutting the lawn (12) with the lawnmower (10), generating (22) a billing statement in response to a predetermined number of cuttings of the lawn (12), and sending the billing statement to the billing address.

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