Resource utilization management

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a resource server from a first portable user device, a first message including first tag information and a first request, the first request seeking resource information and resource status for a first resource associated with the first tag information;
• receiving, by the resource server from the first portable user device, an access request seeking access to the first defined resource;
• determining, by the resource server, that the first tag information corresponds to a first unique tag associated with a first defined resource, the first defined resource is a first space resource;
• obtaining, by the resource server and providing to the first portable user device, resource information and resource status for the first defined resource;
• enabling, by the resource server for the first portable user device, access to the first defined resource if the resource status is available;
• and
• upon access to the first defined resource, accounting by the resource server for use of the first defined resource by a user associated with the first portable user device.

A method, comprising:

• scanning, with a portable user device, a first unique physical feature located proximate to a first resource, the scanning generating a first scanned image, the first unique physical feature having a plurality of three-dimensional physical characteristics associated therewith;
• analyzing, by the portable user device, the first scanned image to create and store a first object representing the first resource including the first unique physical feature and its associated three-dimensional physical characteristics;
• comparing, by the portable user device, the first object to a plurality of previously stored objects representing a plurality of unique physical features, each of the plurality of unique physical feature is associated with a respective one of a plurality of previously defined resources, each of the plurality of previously stored objects including associated three-dimensional physical characteristics of respective unique physical features;
• determining, by the portable user device, that the first object corresponds to a first previously stored object having the first unique physical feature, the first unique physical feature is a first tag associated with a first defined resource;
• and
• sending a first access request from the portable user device to a resource server, the first access request seeking access to and resource information for the first defined resource.

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, by a portable user device, a first geolocation of the portable user device;
• determining, by the portable user device, that the first geolocation is proximate to a first pre-defined three-dimensional zone, the first three-dimensional zone is a first unique tag associated with a first defined resource;
• and
• sending a first access request from the portable user device to a resource server, the first access request seeking resource information and resource access or resource status for the first defined resource.