Patent ID: 11941682
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A vehicle recommendation method that recommends a vehicle to a customer who wants to use a car sharing service, the method comprising:
providing a server having a controller, a customer terminal of a customer, and a vehicle terminal mounted on the vehicle associated with the car sharing service, the vehicle terminal including a vehicle controller for transmitting position information of the vehicle terminal to the server and receiving a message from the server;
determining, by the controller, whether the customer has already used the vehicle more than a predetermined reference number of times;
calculating, by the controller, a first recommendation score indicating suitability for recommendation of the vehicle based on a re-stored vehicle use record of the customer when the customer used the vehicle more than the reference number of times as a result of the determination;
determining, by the controller, whether the first recommendation score is greater than or equal to the first reference value;
calculating, by the controller, a second recommendation score indicating suitability for recommendation of the vehicle based on vehicle use information inputted by the customer through the customer terminal when the first recommended score is equal to or greater than the first reference value as a result of the determination;
determining, by the controller, whether the second recommendation score is greater than or equal to a second reference value;
transmitting, by the controller, recommendation information related to a plurality of electric vehicles, each having an associated vehicle terminal, corresponding to a predetermined recommended number to the customer terminal when the second recommendation score is equal to or greater than a second reference value as a result of the determination; and
transmitting the message upon reserving the vehicle based on at least one of a result of comparing the first recommended score with the first reference value or a result of comparing the second recommended score with the second reference value.