Car sharing
OwnerShelby Clark, Gus Holcomb +5inventors
InventorsShelby Clark, Gus Holcomb, David Brook, Tara Reeves, Nabeel Al-Kady, Jonah Bliss, Robert Guinn
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Abstract
Among other things, through an online site, owners of assets and borrowers of assets can arrange sharing transactions with respect to the assets. Online confirmation is provided to the owners and the borrowers that the arranged sharing transactions have been covered by insurance. Completion of the arranged sharing transactions is managed using information from electronic devices associated with the assets.
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A computer-implemented method comprising
- through an online site, enabling owners of assets and borrowers of assets to arrange sharing transactions with respect to the assets,
- confirming online to the owners and the borrowers that the arranged sharing transactions have been covered by insurance, and
- using information from electronic devices associated with the assets, managing the completion of the arranged sharing transactions.
A computer-implemented car-sharing method comprising
- through an online site, enabling owners of cars to offer them for sharing at designated times and in designated home locations, for money,
- through an online site, enabling borrowers of cars to arrange to available borrow cars at the designated times and in the designated home locations, for money,
- providing for insurance to apply to the sharing of the cars,
- using information received from electronics about the locations and identities of the cars, to manage the execution of the sharing of the cars.
A computer-based method comprising
- receiving ongoing information about assets that belong to respective owners and are available for borrowing,
- determining whether the respective assets will be immobile and available for borrowing at specific times in the vicinities of specific locations, and
- informing prospective borrowers of the locations and times at which the respective assets will be immobile and available for borrowing.
A car that is owned by a private individual and carries electronics to send information to a car sharing service that includes the location of the car and an identifier of the car.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.