Abstract: System for transmitting selective local information including information bases suitable for communicating information to mobiles via a short-range radio link The system further comprises configuration bases suitable for establishing a very short-range radio link with the mobiles and for storing, in a memory accessible to the information bases, an address identifying the mobile and personal information which is communicated by the user of the mobile

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically renting bicycles (1) during which an authorization of a deduction of a certain maximum value from an account associated with a payment card is firstly generated, this authorization being valid for a limited period of time. Upon each subsequent rental of an article, a user furnishes an identification code associated with the authorization identifier, the identification code furnished by the user is verified whether it corresponds to the authorization identifier, and a rental of the article is authorized or not authorized on the basis of this verification. Finally, after a certain period of time, an amount based on the effected rentals is debited from the account associated with the payment card.