Patent ID: 6343241
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: B60S,B67D,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A system for allowing an occupant of a vehicle to initiate, pay for, and control remotely servicing of the vehicle and its occupants from the vehicle, the system comprising:a customer identification and processing unit for retaining and transmitting customer identification data and for producing a signal authorizing payment and approving servicing of the vehicle and its occupants in response to a communicated identification signal from the vehicle; an automatic servicing unit operatively connected to said identification and processing unit for servicing the vehicle and its occupants upon receipt of an authorization signal from the vehicle and approval signal from the identification and processing unit; a first signal communicator for communicating said identification signal when the vehicle is within a predetermined range of the identification and processing unit; and a second signal communicator controlled by the occupant of said vehicle for producing said authorization signal and controlling said servicing.