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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Satoru Sakuma, Nagakute, JP;
Shuhei Yamamoto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Munehiro Kamiya, Anjo, JP;
Hideo Hasegawa, Nagoya, JP;
Shinji Kurachi, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoya Shimizu, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of charging stations and a plurality of commercial facilities where a user of a vehicle can stay during charging in one of the plurality of charging stations are provided. An information providing method for the vehicle includes: causing a charging server to select a plurality of candidates from among the plurality of charging stations in accordance with location information about each of the vehicle and the plurality of commercial facilities; causing the charging server to provide a car navigation device with information showing the plurality of candidates selected; causing the server to deliver an advertisement for a commercial facility associated with each of the plurality of candidates selected; and causing the charging server to receive information about a candidate selected with the car navigation device from among the plurality of candidates by the user referring to the advertisement.