Patent ID: 11935115
Assignee: AVIS BUDGET CAR RENTAL, LLC
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for managing an installed satellite radio in a rental vehicle, the system comprising:
a reservation management system, including a processor configured to review one or more vehicle rental reservations, identify rental reservations that include a satellite services designation, and generate corresponding requests for activation of satellite radios in vehicles assigned to the identified rental reservations;
a server associated with the reservation management system, connected via a network connection to a satellite radio service provider, configured to transmit requests for activation of said satellite radios to the satellite radio service provider;
a server associated with the satellite radio service provider, configured to receive one or more activation requests from reservation management system server via the network connection, identify the satellite radios associated with the one or more activation requests, and transmit an activation signal to each identified satellite radio, thereby enabling rental customers to receive satellite radio services in the vehicle associated with the corresponding reservation.