# US 2025/0159445 A1 · Service providing server and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0159445 A1 - Document ID: US20250159445A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/612,336 - Filed: 2024-03-21 - Published: 2025-05-15 - Earliest claimed: 2023-11-09 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Inventors: Dae Kun Lee; Han Shik Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250159445A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/46: for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V] - G01C 21/3438: {Rendezvous; Ride sharing} - G01C 21/3614: {through interaction with a road map, e.g. selecting a POI icon on a road map} - G01C 21/3679: {Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities (G01C21/3611 takes precedence)} - G01C 21/3697: {Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level (G01C21/3679 takes precedence)} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) ## Abstract A service providing server includes a sharing unit configured to, when a group driving function of traveling while sharing a destination or a current location is enabled in multiple vehicles, share, between the multiple vehicles, information on at least some of recommended places displayed on a respective display device provided in each of the multiple vehicles. The service providing server also includes an execution unit configured to, based on the shared information, select a recommended place and provide an additional service for the selected recommended place. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A service providing server, comprising: a sharing unit configured to, when a group driving function of traveling while sharing a destination or a current location is enabled in multiple vehicles, share, between the multiple vehicles, information on at least some of recommended places displayed on a respective display device provided in each of the multiple vehicles; and an execution unit configured to, based on the shared information, select a recommended place and provide an additional service for the selected recommended place. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The service providing server of claim 1, wherein the selected recommended place is displayed on the respective display device for each of the multiple vehicles, based on at least one of a vehicle location or preference of a vehicle user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The service providing server of claim 1, wherein the execution unit is configured to: based on the shared information, collect selection information on one recommended place selected in each of the multiple vehicles, and select the recommended place based on the collected selection information by selecting, as the recommend place, one recommended place selected in a number of vehicles among the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The service providing server of claim 1, wherein the execution unit is further configured to, when the recommended place is selected, transfer information on the selected recommended place to each of the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The service providing server of claim 4, wherein the information transferred to each of the multiple vehicles includes at least one of location information or brand information for the selected recommended place. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The service providing server of claim 4, wherein the execution unit is further configured to control the selected recommended place to be configured as a destination in each of the multiple vehicles, or, when there is a preconfigured destination, control the selected recommended place to be configured as a waypoint. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The service providing server of claim 1, wherein the execution unit is further configured to provide information on an additional service used by one vehicle among the multiple vehicles to remaining vehicles among the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The service providing server of claim 1, wherein the execution unit is configured to, while providing the additional service to each of the multiple vehicles, control information on the additional service to be output visually or audibly in each of the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The service providing server of claim 8, wherein the execution unit is configured to control the information on the additional service to be output via the respective display device provided in each of the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The service providing server of claim 1, wherein the additional service comprises at least one of a menu notification service related to the selected recommended place, an order service related to the selected recommended place, or a payment service related to the selected recommended place. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The service providing server of claim 10, wherein the execution unit is configured to, when the multiple vehicles use the payment service, control payment information, related to an in-vehicle payment function associated with the payment service, to be transmitted from at least one vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle payment function among the multiple vehicles to remaining vehicles among the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 12 A service providing method, comprising: when a group driving function of traveling while sharing a destination or a current location is enabled in multiple vehicles, sharing, between the multiple vehicles, information on at least some of recommended places displayed on a respective display device provided in each of the multiple vehicles; and based on the shared information, selecting a recommended place and providing an additional service for the selected recommended place. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein selecting the recommended place includes: based on the shared information, collecting selection information on one recommended place selected in each of the multiple vehicles; and based on the collected selection information, selecting, as the recommended place, one recommended place selected in a number of vehicles among the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising, when the recommended place is selected, transferring information on the selected recommended place to each of the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein providing the additional service includes controlling the selected recommended place to be configured as a destination in each of the multiple vehicles, or, when there is a preconfigured destination, controlling the selected recommended place to be configured as a waypoint. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein providing the additional service includes providing information on an additional service used by one vehicle among the multiple vehicles also to remaining vehicle among the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising, while providing the additional service to each of the multiple vehicles, controlling information on the additional service to be output visually or audibly in each of the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein controlling the information on the additional service to be output includes in controlling the information on the additional service to be output via the respective display device provided in each of the multiple vehicles. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein providing the additional service includes, when the multiple vehicles use a payment service included in the additional service, controlling payment information, related to an in-vehicle payment function associated with the payment service, to be transmitted from at least one vehicle equipped with the in-vehicle payment function among the multiple vehicles to remaining vehicles among the multiple vehicles.