Patent ID: 7439849

Claim:
A system for welcoming a user of an automobile comprising: a host communication means installed in at least one of a parking automobile and facilities around the parking automobile; a user terminal carried by the user, for communicating with the host communication means through a communication network; a distance detecting means provided in the automobile for detecting a distance between the user and the parking automobile; a welcoming operating means provided in one of the parking automobile and the facilities around the parking automobile, for performing one of welcoming operations, which comprise an operation of guiding the user to the parking automobile, an operation of assisting the user in getting into the automobile, and an operation of providing various services to the user having got into the automobile; and a welcoming control means provided in the automobile for selecting and changing contents of the welcoming operations, depending on the detected distance between the user and the parking automobiles, wherein the selected contents of the welcoming operations are automatically carried out when the detected distance between the user and the parking automobile becomes smaller than a reference value. independently from an operation of the user terminal.