SHARED VEHICLE RENTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING TRANSMISSION OF RESERVATION INFORMATION AND TARGETED ADVERTISING
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Abstract
Techniques and structures are disclosed relating to rental of vehicles, which may be owned by different owners. Each owner may have his or her own set of rental criteria associated with a particular vehicle, which prospective renters may have to meet to be able to rent the particular vehicle. Vehicles may be determined to be for rent based on a distance to a renter, price, and other factors. Messages and alerts may be exchanged between a server and an owner, renter, and/or vehicle computing device. Location information about vehicles is collected, and may be associated with particular drivers. Historical information and other data may be used to predict driver destinations. Targeted advertisements may be sent to renters based on predicted destinations, demographic information, or other information. In some embodiments, targeted advertisements are based on social networking website data. Vehicles may also be remotely located through the use of a horn and/or lights.
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41 Claims
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21. A method, comprising:
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receiving, at a computer system, a transmission from a vehicle in a plurality of vehicles, wherein the transmission specifies a location of the vehicle at a first time; the computer system determining that one or more future driving periods for the vehicle begin within a certain amount of time after the first time; and the computer system transmitting an alert related to the vehicle, wherein transmitting the alert is based on the location of the vehicle at the first time and on the determining. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable to cause a computer system to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a transmission from a vehicle in a plurality of vehicles, wherein the transmission specifies a location of the vehicle at a first time, and wherein the plurality of vehicles are available for rent from a plurality of owners; determining that one or more future driving periods for the vehicle begin within a certain amount of time after the first time; and transmitting an alert related to the vehicle, wherein transmitting the alert is based on the location of the vehicle at the first time and on the determining. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and a memory having instructions stored thereon that are executable to cause the system to perform operations comprising; receiving a transmission from a vehicle in a plurality of vehicles, wherein the transmission specifies a location of the vehicle at a first time, and wherein the plurality of vehicles are available for rent from a plurality of owners; determining that one or more future driving periods for the vehicle begin within a certain amount of time after the first time; and transmitting an alert related to the vehicle, wherein transmitting the alert is based on the location of the vehicle at the first time and on the determining. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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41-109. -109. (canceled)
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