METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY RENTING BICYCLES
First Claim
1. A method of automatically renting bicycles a by means of interactive terminal posts which communicate remotely with at least one rental management server and each of which controls a plurality of locking stations to which the bicycles are locked, said method comprising the following steps:
- (a) an initial step consisting in;
reading a payment card;
communicating with an electronic money server for generating a debit authorization for debiting a certain maximum value from an account associated with the payment card, this authorization being valid for a limited period;
allocating an authorization identifier to said authorization; and
storing the authorization identifier in the rental management server;
(b) at least one subsequent rental step taking place during said limited period and consisting in;
a user who wishes to rent a bicycle a indicating at least one identity code associated with said authorization identifier;
the rental management server being used to verify that the identity code indicated by the user corresponds to said authorization identifier stored in said rental management server;
the bicycle rental being authorized or not authorized as a function of said verification;
a rental account in the rental management server being incremented, said rental account corresponding to said authorization identifier; and
(c) a debit step consisting in the rental management server communicating to the electronic money server the authorization identifier and an amount to be debited from said account associated with the payment card, said amount being a function of the rental operations effected, inclusively from said initial step, said amount being no more than said maximum value
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for automatically renting bicycles (1) during which an authorization of a deduction of a certain maximum value from an account associated with a payment card is firstly generated, this authorization being valid for a limited period of time. Upon each subsequent rental of an article, a user furnishes an identification code associated with the authorization identifier, the identification code furnished by the user is verified whether it corresponds to the authorization identifier, and a rental of the article is authorized or not authorized on the basis of this verification. Finally, after a certain period of time, an amount based on the effected rentals is debited from the account associated with the payment card.
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1. A method of automatically renting bicycles a by means of interactive terminal posts which communicate remotely with at least one rental management server and each of which controls a plurality of locking stations to which the bicycles are locked, said method comprising the following steps:
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(a) an initial step consisting in;
reading a payment card;
communicating with an electronic money server for generating a debit authorization for debiting a certain maximum value from an account associated with the payment card, this authorization being valid for a limited period;
allocating an authorization identifier to said authorization; and
storing the authorization identifier in the rental management server;
(b) at least one subsequent rental step taking place during said limited period and consisting in;
a user who wishes to rent a bicycle a indicating at least one identity code associated with said authorization identifier;
the rental management server being used to verify that the identity code indicated by the user corresponds to said authorization identifier stored in said rental management server;
the bicycle rental being authorized or not authorized as a function of said verification;
a rental account in the rental management server being incremented, said rental account corresponding to said authorization identifier; and
(c) a debit step consisting in the rental management server communicating to the electronic money server the authorization identifier and an amount to be debited from said account associated with the payment card, said amount being a function of the rental operations effected, inclusively from said initial step, said amount being no more than said maximum value - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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