Method And System For Managing Vehicles Offered For Rental
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method (100) for managing vehicles offered for rental in a site, termed the rental site, comprising a plurality of vehicles, said method comprising the following steps: —identification (102) of a user with the aid of at least one identification datum, and —selection (120) of a vehicle from among said plurality of vehicles as a function of at least one predetermined criterion, termed the attribution criterion, and of data (D) relating to each of the vehicles of said plurality. The invention also relates to a method of reserving a vehicle implementing the method of management according to the invention. The invention also relates to a management and reservation system implementing the method according to the invention.
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30 Claims
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18. A method for managing vehicles available for automated rental at a site, called rental site, including a plurality of vehicles, said method comprising the following steps:
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identifying a user by means of at least one item of identification data, said identification comprising reading, by a reader, of said item of identification data in a means of identification, and selecting a vehicle from said plurality of vehicles as a function of at least one predetermined criterion, called allocation criterion, and data relating to each of the vehicles of said plurality; said method further comprising, prior to the selecting step, measuring, by one or more sensors arranged at said rental site or on said vehicles, data relating to an operational status of each of said vehicles or of an element of each of said vehicles, the data relating to an operational status constituting at least a portion of said data relating to each of the vehicles as a function of which said selection is carried out; wherein, when no vehicle can be selected at the rental site at which the identification step is carried out, the selecting step further comprises selecting a vehicle at another rental site remote from said rental site as a function of at least one allocation criterion and a distance criterion of said other remote rental site from said rental site, and reserving the selected vehicle for the user at said other remote rental site for a predetermined period. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A system for managing vehicles available for automated rental at a site, called rental site, comprising a plurality of vehicles, said system comprising:
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sensors, arranged at said rental site or on said vehicles, for collecting data relating to an operational status of each of said vehicles or of an element of each of said vehicles; at least one means of identification of a user by means of at least one item of identification data, said means of identification comprising a reader of said identification data from an identification card; at least one means of selecting a vehicle from said plurality of vehicles as a function of at least one predetermined criterion, called allocation criterion, and of said data relating to each of the vehicles of said plurality, said means of selecting being capable of selecting a vehicle at another rental site remote from said rental site as a function of at least one allocation criterion and a distance criterion of said other remote rental site from said rental site, when no vehicle can be selected at the rental site where the identification step is carried out; and means for the remote reservation of the selected vehicle.
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