Method to display allowed parking areas in a vehicle
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRabindranath Dutta, Michael A. Paolini
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product for conveying parking area availability information to an operator of a first vehicle traveling in a metropolitan area. Geographic position data is obtained for the first vehicle. The geographic position date is used to retrieve information about parking area availability for an area associated with the geographic position data. The information is then presented to the operator.
Claims60
A method for conveying parking area availability information for a first vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining geographic position data of the first vehicle;
- using the geographic position data to retrieve information about parking area availability for an area associated with the geographic position data;
- and
- presenting the information to an operator.
The method as recited in claim 20, wherein the special parking area includes at least one of a handicapped parking area, a reserved parking area and leased parking area.
A method for collecting parking area availability information for an area from an onboard mobile computer and a global positioning system, comprising the steps of:
- in response to receiving location information from the global positioning system and parking area availability information from the onboard mobile computer, correlating the parking area availability information as reported by the onboard computer with geographic position data as reported by the global positioning system to form correlated parking area availability information;
- configuring the correlated parking area availability information to a specified format;
- and
- transmitting the configured correlated parking area information.
A method for receiving parking area availability information for a first vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting location information from a first computer to a second computer;
- receiving the parking area availability information for an area identified by the location information;
- and
- outputting the received parking area availability information in a user defined manner.
A method for conveying parking area availability information for a first vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- maintaining a database, at a first computer, containing parking area availability information for areas identified by location information;
- receiving specific location information over a network from a second computer;
- accessing the database to determine the parking area availability information associated with the received specific location information;
- and
- transmitting the determined parking area availability information to the second computer.
A method conveying parking area availability information for a first vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving location information over a wireless communications link from a first mobile computer;
- transmitting the location information over a second communications link to a second computer;
- receiving parking area availability information from the second computer based upon the location information;
- formatting the received parking area availability information according to a configuration received from the mobile computer;
- and
- transmitting the formatted parking area availability information to the mobile computer over the wireless communications link.
A data processing system, comprising:
- a bus system;
- a database connected to the bus system;
- a communications unit connected to the bus system;
- a memory connected to the bus system, the memory including a set of instructions;
- and
- a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions from the memory to obtain geographic position data of a first vehicle via the communications system, the processing unit uses the geographic position data to retrieve information about parking area availability from the database for an area associated with the geographic position data, and the processing unit presents the information to an operator.
A system for conveying parking area availability information for a first vehicle, comprising:
- obtaining means for obtaining geographic position data of the first vehicle;
- using means for using the geographic position data to retrieve information about parking area availability for an area associated with the geographic position data;
- and
- presenting means for presenting the information to an operator.
A system for collecting parking area availability information for an area from an onboard mobile computer and a global positioning system, comprising:
- correlating means, in response to receiving location information from the global positioning system and parking area availability information from the onboard mobile computer, for correlating the parking area availability information as reported by the onboard computer with geographic position data as reported by the global positioning system to form correlated parking area availability information;
- configuring means for configuring the correlated parking area availability information to a specified format;
- and
- transmitting means for transmitting the configured correlated parking area information.
A system for receiving parking area availability information for a first vehicle, the method comprising:
- transmitting means for transmitting location information from a first computer to a second computer;
- receiving means for receiving the parking area availability information for an area identified by the location information;
- and
- outputting means for outputting the received parking area availability information in a user defined manner.
A system for conveying parking area availability information for a first vehicle, comprising:
- maintaining means for maintaining a database, at a first computer, containing parking area availability information for areas identified by location information;
- receiving means for receiving specific location information over a network from a second computer;
- accessing means for accessing the database to determine the parking area availability information associated with the received specific location information;
- and
- transmitting means for transmitting the determined parking area availability information to the second computer.
A system for conveying parking area availability information for a first vehicle, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving location information over a wireless communications link from a first mobile computer;
- transmitting means for transmitting the location information over a second communications link to a second computer;
- receiving means for receiving parking area availability information from the second computer based upon the location information;
- formatting means for formatting the received parking area availability information according to a configuration received from the mobile computer;
- and
- transmitting means for transmitting the formatted parking area availability information to the mobile computer over the wireless communications link.
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for conveying parking area availability information for a first vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- instructions for obtaining geographic position data of the first vehicle;
- instructions for using the geographic position data to retrieve information about parking area availability for an area associated with the geographic position data;
- and
- instructions for presenting the information to an operator.
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for collecting parking area availability information for an area from an onboard mobile computer and a global positioning system, comprising the steps of:
- instructions, in response to receiving location information from the global positioning system and parking area availability information from the onboard mobile computer, for correlating the parking area availability information as reported by the onboard computer with geographic position data as reported by the global positioning system to form correlated parking area availability information;
- instructions for configuring the correlated parking area availability information to a specified format;
- and
- instructions for transmitting the configured correlated parking area information.
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for receiving parking area availability information for a first vehicle, comprising:
- instructions for transmitting location information from a first computer to a second computer;
- instructions for receiving the parking area availability information for an area identified by the location information;
- and
- instructions for outputting the received parking area availability information in a user defined manner.
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for conveying parking area availability information for a first vehicle, comprising:
- instructions for maintaining a database, at a first computer, containing parking area availability information for areas identified by location information;
- instructions for receiving specific location information over a network from a second computer;
- instructions for accessing the database to determine the parking area availability information associated with the received specific location information;
- and
- instructions for transmitting the determined parking area availability information to the second computer.
A computer program product in a computer readable medium conveying parking area availability information for a first vehicle, comprising:
- instructions for receiving location information over a wireless communications link from a first mobile computer;
- instructions for transmitting the location information over a second communications link to a second computer;
- instructions for receiving parking area availability information from the second computer based upon the location information;
- instructions for formatting the received parking area availability information according to a configuration received from the mobile computer;
- and
- instructions for transmitting the formatted parking area availability information to the mobile computer over the wireless communications link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.