# US 10,319,234 B1 · Transport parking space availability detection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,319,234 B1 - Document ID: US10319234B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/589,461 - Filed: 2017-05-08 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2017-05-08 - Assignees: Open Invention Network, LLC - Applicants: Open Invention Network LLC - Inventors: David Gerard Ledet - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10319234B1 ## CPC - G08G 1/144: {on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]} - G08G 1/0962: having an indicator mounted inside the vehicle, e.g. giving voice messages - G08G 1/146: {where the parking area is a limited parking space, e.g. parking garage, restricted space} - G08G 1/147: {where the parking area is within an open public zone, e.g. city centre} - H04L 67/025: for remote control or remote monitoring of applications - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L 67/52: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Identifying parking spaces and notifying user devices provides an easy way to reduce traffic and save time for registered users. One example may include monitoring a predefined area via a sensor, detecting a change via the sensor, comparing the change to a predefined condition stored in memory, determining the change satisfies the predefined condition, and determining a changed parking space status. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: monitoring a predefined area via at least one sensor; detecting at least one change via the at least one sensor for a time greater than a threshold time; detecting at least one additional change via at least one additional sensor being a different sensor type than the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one change and the at least one additional change comprise an ordered sequence of changes; comparing the ordered sequence of changes to a predefined set of conditions stored in memory; determining the at least one change satisfies the predefined set of conditions; determining a changed parking space status; triggering an alert to be created and sent to a registered device based on the changed parking space status; and transmitting the alert to the registered device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined area is at least one parking space. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor and the at least one additional sensor are different sensor types and are at least one of a noise sensor type, an electromagnetic sensor type, an infrared sensor type, and a camera sensor type. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the ordered sequence of changes comprises at least one of an ordered series of sounds and an ordered series of image content which occur in a predefined order. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting a cellular communication signal indicating the at least one change from a sensor processing unit linked to the sensor to a receiver at a remote location. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, further comprising: determining the changed parking space status comprises an available parking space; determining the predefined area is within at least one registered user's area of interest; transmitting a notification to a registered user device of the changed status; and launching a map application on the registered user device displaying the available parking space. ### Claim 7 An apparatus comprising: a processor configured to monitor a predefined area via at least one sensor, detect at least one change via the at least one sensor for a time greater than a threshold time, detect at least one additional change via at least one additional sensor being a different sensor type than the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one change and the at least one additional change comprise an ordered sequence of changes, compare the ordered sequence of changes to a predefined set of conditions stored in memory, determine the at least one change satisfies the predefined set of conditions, determine a changed parking space status, trigger an alert to be created and sent to a registered device based on the changed parking space status; and transmit the alert to the registered device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the predefined area is at least one parking space. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the at least one sensor and the at least one additional sensor are different sensor types and are at least one of a noise sensor type, an electromagnetic sensor type, an infrared sensor type, and a camera sensor type. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the ordered sequence of changes comprises at least one of an ordered series of sounds and an ordered series of image content which occur in a predefined order. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, further comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit a cellular communication signal indicating the at least one change from a sensor processing unit linked to the sensor to a receiver at a remote location. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the changed parking space status comprises an available parking space, determine the predefined area is within at least one registered user's area of interest, and the transmitter is further configured to transmit a notification to a registered user device of the changed status, and launch a map application on the registered user device displaying the available parking space. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform: monitoring a predefined area via at least one sensor; detecting at least one change via the at least one sensor for a time greater than a threshold time; detecting at least one additional change via at least one additional sensor being a different sensor type than the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one change and the at least one additional change comprise an ordered sequence of changes; comparing the ordered sequence of changes to a predefined set of conditions stored in memory; determining the at least one change satisfies the predefined set of conditions; and determining a changed parking space status triggering an alert to be created and sent to the registered device based on the changed parking space status; and transmitting the alert to the registered device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the predefined area is at least one parking space. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the at least one sensor and the at least one additional sensor are different sensor types and are at least one of a noise sensor type, an electromagnetic sensor type, an infrared sensor type, and a camera sensor typ. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the ordered sequence of changes comprises at least one of an ordered series of sounds and an ordered series of image content which occur in a predefined order. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: transmitting a cellular communication signal indicating the at least one change from a sensor processing unit linked to the sensor to a receiver at a remote location; determining the changed parking space status comprises an available parking space; determining the predefined area is within at least one registered user's area of interest; transmitting a notification to a registered user device of the changed status; and launching a map application on the registered user device displaying the available parking space.