Patent ID: 8706404

Claim:
A method of routing to a gasoline station before returning a rental vehicle using a navigation device, the method comprising: receiving data indicative of a gasoline preference; identifying, by a processor, a selected destination to be a rental service return location associated with the rental vehicle; automatically, by a processor, communicating an option to obtain gasoline before returning the rental vehicle to the rental service return location based on the identification; calculating, by the processor, a size of a map area based on a mileage rating of the rental vehicle; upon selection of the automatically communicated option, identifying a gasoline station along a route on the map area to the rental service return location based on the gasoline preference, wherein the gasoline station is at a location that allows for a minimum distance to be traveled for arriving at the rental service return location relative to locations of other gasoline stations; and providing route guidance to the gasoline station.