Patent ID: 8249933

Claim:
A charging system of an electric powered vehicle configured to be chargeable by a charging facility outside the vehicle, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory, the memory storing instructions, that when executed, cause the at least one processor and the at least one memory to function as: a storage unit storing a plurality of advertising information and a correspondence relation between each of said advertising information and a provider of the relevant advertising information in advance; a first information output unit outputting information indicating whether or not the relevant electric powered vehicle has a reproduction mechanism capable of reproducing each of said plurality of advertising information at the time of an external charge in which said electric powered vehicle is charged by said charging facility; a second information output unit outputting at least one of charged vehicle information stored inside the relevant electric powered vehicle and facility information of the relevant charging facility at the time of said external charge; a determination unit determining whether or not it is external charge to the electric powered vehicle having said reproduction mechanism based on the information outputted from said first information output unit; a selection unit selecting at least one of said plurality of advertising information based on the information outputted from said second information output unit when it is the external charge to the electric powered vehicle having said reproduction mechanism; an advertising output unit reading the advertising information selected by said selection unit from said storage unit to output to said electric powered vehicle during said external charge; and a billing unit performing billing to said provider and said electric powered vehicle so that at least part of an electric power fee in accordance with said external charge is borne by said provider corresponding to the advertising information selected by said selection unit.