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Methods and apparatus for inputting messages, including advertisements, to a vehicle

  • US 5,914,654 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1998
  • Issued: 06/22/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing a message to an occupant of a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

  • storing an electronic message within a memory of a computer, the electronic message comprising information for identifying an intended recipient of the electronic message, the computer being bidirectionally coupled to a data communications network;

    coupling a vehicle to a dispenser of a vehicular energy source, the dispenser being bidirectionally coupled to the data communications network;

    transferring information to the computer using the dispenser and the data communications network, the transferred information comprising a portion that contains an identification of an occupant of the vehicle;

    in response to the portion of the transferred information matching the information of a stored one of the electronic messages that identifies the intended recipient of the electronic message, retrieving the stored one of the electronic messages and transmitting the retrieved electronic message from the computer towards the dispenser over the data communications network;

    receiving the electronic message; and

    presenting the received electronic message to the occupant of the vehicle.

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