Systems and methods of for providing various services, such as parking
services, flight services, and fuel services, to a user using a satellite
digital audio radio system are provided. Each data service can be
provided independently or in any combination to a user, and each can be
independently subscribed to by a user, in various exemplary business
models. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a parking data
service, providing, for example, information on parking garages near a
certain location and the availability of parking spaces in parking
garages can be provided. In exemplary embodiments of the present
invention, a flight data services, providing, for example, information
such as near real-time updates to changes in arrival and departure
statuses of one or more commercial airline flights. In exemplary
embodiments of the present invention, a fuel data service, providing, for
example, information on fueling stations and the prices and fuel types
available at fueling stations, can be provided. In exemplary embodiments
of the present invention, such data services can be embedded in an SDARS
data stream and made available to users on an SDARS receiver.