Gen II meter system with multiple processors, multiple detection sensor types, fault tolerance methods, power sharing and multiple user interface methods

A parking space monitoring system for handling various parking space management conditions, comprising:

• a parking space monitoring device for a parking space;
• a piece of electronic equipment having a plurality of microprocessors located within the parking space monitoring device, wherein the microprocessors are configured to monitor and respond to the various parking space management conditions of the parking space monitoring system;
• a power control mechanism configured to provide power to the piece of electronic equipment and the plurality of microprocessors;
• a mobile computer having a Global Positioning System (GPS) wherein the (GPS) reports in near real-time a current geographical location of the mobile computer;
• a remote processing center and communication network, wherein the mobile computer and the parking space monitoring device are communicably connected to the remote processing center by the communication network;
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• wherein the remote processing center and the parking space monitoring device are configured for dynamically determining a dynamic priority of a prospective response to various parking space management conditions, that match with parking management goals of a parking manager of the parking space monitoring system, based upon pre-determined parking space management characteristics of the parking space, the current geographical location of the mobile computer, historical various parking space conditions, and historical parking space management characteristics where the dynamically determining the dynamic priority comprises weighing at least one of the various parking space management conditions that reflects the parking management goals of the parking manager including a citation fine amount, violation type, type of equipment failure, historical usage rates in a location being monitored, meter rates, time in violation, current duration of equipment failure, type of residential or commercial parking location, charged parking rates, parking demand, turnover, parking time limits, violation fine levels, and historical violation durations, and other metrics effecting near real time exceptions from the predetermined parking space management characteristics of the parking space and which exceptions are actionable in near real time based on the current geographical location, of the mobile computer effecting a value maximizing response by a field personnel using the mobile computer maximizing the parking management goals.