Method for Completing and Storing an Electronic Rental Agreement
First Claim
1. A method for creating online and storing within a server system a completed electronic rental contract for engaging a rental vehicle from a rental car company'"'"'s fleet to thereby authorize a user to pick up a rental vehicle without the user visiting a rental counter, the method comprising:
- receiving data at a server system through a website, the data being representative of a user'"'"'s future rental of a rental vehicle;
communicating an electronic rental proposal for display to the user on a website, the electronic rental proposal being at least partially responsive to the received data;
receiving an electronic acceptance of the electronic rental proposal from the user through a website;
creating the completed electronic rental contract in response to the received electronic acceptance, the completed electronic rental contract resulting in the user being authorized to pick up a rental vehicle in accordance with the completed electronic rental contract without the user visiting a rental counter; and
storing the completed electronic rental contract within the server system.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for creating online and storing within a server system a completed electronic rental contract for engaging a rental vehicle from a rental car company'"'"'s fleet to thereby authorize a user to pick up a rental vehicle without the user visiting a rental counter. In an exemplary embodiment, an electronic rental proposal can be communicated for display to a user on a website, the electronic rental proposal being at least partially responsive to previously received data about the user'"'"'s future rental of a rental vehicle. Upon acceptance of the rental proposal, a completed electronic rental contract can be created, the completed electronic rental contract resulting in the user being authorized to pick up a rental vehicle in accordance with the completed electronic rental contract without the user visiting a rental counter.
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65 Claims
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1. A method for creating online and storing within a server system a completed electronic rental contract for engaging a rental vehicle from a rental car company'"'"'s fleet to thereby authorize a user to pick up a rental vehicle without the user visiting a rental counter, the method comprising:
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receiving data at a server system through a website, the data being representative of a user'"'"'s future rental of a rental vehicle; communicating an electronic rental proposal for display to the user on a website, the electronic rental proposal being at least partially responsive to the received data; receiving an electronic acceptance of the electronic rental proposal from the user through a website; creating the completed electronic rental contract in response to the received electronic acceptance, the completed electronic rental contract resulting in the user being authorized to pick up a rental vehicle in accordance with the completed electronic rental contract without the user visiting a rental counter; and storing the completed electronic rental contract within the server system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for creating online and storing a completed electronic rental contract for engaging a rental vehicle from a rental car company'"'"'s fleet to thereby authorize a user to pick up a rental vehicle without the user visiting a rental counter, the system comprising a server system configured to:
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receive data through a website, the data being representative of a user'"'"'s future rental of a rental vehicle; communicate an electronic rental proposal for display to the user on a website, the electronic rental proposal being at least partially responsive to the received data; receive an electronic acceptance of the electronic rental proposal from the user through a website; create the completed electronic rental contract in response to the received electronic acceptance, the completed electronic rental contract resulting in the user being authorized to pick up a rental vehicle in accordance with the completed electronic rental contract without the user visiting a rental counter; and store the completed electronic rental contract. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of creating online and storing a completed electronic rental contract for a rental vehicle from a rental car company to authorize a renter to pick up a rental vehicle without visiting a rental counter, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a client system, the received data comprising a location and date for reserving a rental vehicle for a renter; communicating an electronic rental proposal for display to the renter on a website, the electronic rental proposal being based on the received data; receiving an electronic acceptance of the rental proposal from the renter through the website; creating the completed electronic rental contract for a rental vehicle in response to the received electronic acceptance, the completed electronic rental contract authorizing the renter to pick up a rental vehicle in accordance with the completed electronic rental contract without visiting a rental counter; storing the completed electronic rental contract within the server system; and wherein the method steps are performed by the server system. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A method of creating online and storing a completed electronic rental contract for a rental vehicle from a rental car company to authorize a renter to pick up a rental vehicle without visiting a rental counter, the method comprising:
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receiving a club member identifier for the renter from a client system; retrieving personal information about the renter based on the received club member identifier; receiving a location, date and time for reserving a rental vehicle from the client system; storing retrieved personal information, received location, received date and received time in association with a rental of the rental vehicle; communicating an electronic rental proposal for display to the renter on a website, the electronic rental proposal being based on the retrieved personal information, received location, received data and received time; receiving an electronic acceptance of the rental proposal from the renter through the website; creating the completed electronic rental contract for a rental vehicle in response to the received electronic acceptance, the completed electronic rental contract authorizing the renter to pick up a rental vehicle in accordance with the completed electronic rental contract without visiting a rental counter; and storing the completed electronic rental contract; and wherein the method steps are performed by a server system. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A method of creating online and storing a completed electronic rental contract for a rental vehicle from a rental car company to authorize a renter to pick up a rental vehicle without visiting a rental counter, the method comprising:
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receiving data, the received data comprising a location and date for reserving a rental vehicle for a renter; creating and storing a reservation transaction based on the received data; retrieving the stored reservation transaction in response to input from a client system through a website; receiving driver'"'"'s license information about the renter from the client system through the website; communicating an electronic rental proposal for display to the renter on the website, the electronic rental proposal being based on the retrieved reservation transaction and the received driver'"'"'s license information; receiving an electronic acceptance of the rental proposal from the renter through the website; creating the completed electronic rental contract for a rental vehicle in response to the received electronic acceptance, the completed electronic rental contract authorizing the renter to pick up a rental vehicle in accordance with the electronic rental contract without visiting a rental counter; and storing a rental transaction, wherein the rental transaction is representative of the completed electronic rental contract; and wherein the method steps are performed by a server system. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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