Multispace parking pay stations including payment improvements

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• a) receiving, by a sensor of a multispace parking pay station, a unique identifier associated with a parking customer, the parking customer having executed a mobile
• payment for parking in a space associated with the pay station, and the parking customer getting a payment verification at the pay station;
• b) transmitting, by the pay station, the unique identifier to a central parking management server;
• c) querying, by the pay station, the central parking management server with the unique identifier to identify the parking customer and verify the mobile payment;
• and
• d) printing, by the pay station, a payment verification for the parking customer;
• wherein the sensor is a camera, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, a barcode reader, a magnetic strip reader, an infrared sensor a capacitance, resistance, or inductance sensor, a pressure sensor, a thermal sensor, a near field communication detector, a microchip reader, a keypad, a virtual keyboard, a touch screen, an inertial sensor, or an input device, or a combination thereof.

A parking payment platform comprising:

• a) at least one mobile processor configured to provide a mobile payment application comprising a software module executing a mobile payment for parking in a parking space;
• b) a sensor, wherein the sensor is a camera, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, a barcode reader, a magnetic strip reader, an infrared sensor, a capacitance, resistance, or inductance sensor, a pressure sensor, a thermal sensor, a near field communication detector, a microchip reader, a keypad, a virtual keyboard, a touch screen, an inertial sensor, or an input device, or a combination thereof;
• and
• c) a multispace parking pay station comprising:
• i) a software module, when executed by at least one processor of the multispace parking pay station, receiving via the sensor a unique identifier associated with a parking customer, the parking customer having executed a mobile payment for parking in a space associated with the pay station via the mobile payment application, and the parking customer getting a payment verification at the pay station;
• ii) a software module, when executed by the at least one processor of the multispace parking pay station transmitting the unique identifier to a central parking management server and querying the central parking management server with the unique identifier to identify the parking customer and verify the mobile payment;
• iii) a software module determining an advertisement appropriate for the parking customer;
• and
• iv) a software module, when executed by the at least one processor of the multispace parking pay station, generating and sending instructions to the printer to print the payment verification for the user, the payment verification comprising the advertisement.

A parking payment platform comprising:

• a) a central parking management server configured to provide a parking payment application comprising a software module allowing a parking customer to create an account and associate one or more license plates with the account;
• b) a multispace parking pay station comprising:
• i) a communications element;
• ii) a sensor, wherein the sensor is a camera, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, a barcode reader, a magnetic strip reader, an infrared sensor, a capacitance, resistance, or inductance, sensor, a pressure sensor, a thermal sensor, a near field communication detector, a microchip reader, a keypad, a virtual keyboard, a touch screen, an inertial sensor, or an input device, or a combination thereof:
• iii) a software module receiving via the sensor an identifier associated with the parking customer or the account;
• iv) a software module querying, via the communications element, the central parking management server with the identifier to identify the account and the one or more license plates associated with the account;
• v) a software module receiving, via the communications element, the one or more license plates associated with the account;
• vi) a software module presenting an interface allowing the parking customer to select one of the one or more license plates;
• and
• vii) a software module automatically requesting, via the communications element, the central parking management server to execute a payment for the parking customer, the payment for parking a vehicle with the selected license plate.

A pay station comprising:

• at least one processor, a memory, a communications element, a printer, a sensor, and a computer program including instructions executable by the at least one processor to create an application comprising:
• d) a software module, when executed by the at least one processor of the pay station, receiving via the sensor a unique identifier associated with a customer, the customer having executed a mobile payment for an admission associated with the pay station, and the parking customer getting a payment verification at the pay station;
• e) a software module, when executed by the at least one processor of the pay station, transmitting the unique identifier to a central management server and querying the central management server with the unique identifier to identify the customer and verify the mobile payment;
• and
• f) a software module, when executed by the at least one processor of the pay station, generating and sending instructions to the printer to print the payment verification for the customer.
• wherein the sensor is a camera, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, a barcode reader, a magnetic strip reader, an infrared sensor, a capacitance, resistance, or inductance sensor, a pressure sensor, a thermal sensor, a near field communication detector, a microchip reader, a keypad, a virtual keyboard, a touch screen, an inertial sensor, or an input device, or a combination thereof.