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US 2003/0144890 A1Published application
Parking management system and method
OwnerNoah Daninventor
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Abstract
A parking management system and method is disclosed wherein a user of the system can reserve or bid on a parking space within a parking facility or participate in a loyalty program whereby the user is rewarded for using the parking management system of this invention.
Claims8
A method for parking management comprising:
- providing a plurality of parking spaces at a multiplicity of disperse parking facilities;
- monitoring said plurality of parking spaces with a multiplicity of video cameras;
- reserving a parking space within said parking facility;
- assigning a parking space with said parking facility to a user;
- parking a vehicle at said reserved parking space.
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A system for parking management comprising:
- a plurality of parking spaces at a multiplicity of disperse parking facilities;
- a plurality of video cameras monitoring at least two parking spaces within said parking facilities;
- a controller located at said parking facility and in communication with said video cameras wherein said controller determine in real time or near real time whether said parking space is occupied;
- a server in communication with said controller and said plurality of video camera wherein said server includes a database of user information and wherein said user communicates with said server to reserve a parking space within said parking facilities;
- a ticket dispenser in communication with said server and controller which issues parking tickets to said user wherein said ticket contains an assigned parking spot location.
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An auction method, comprising the following steps:
- receiving bidding information from remote bidders, the bidding information including a desired price, location of parking facility, location of parking space within said parking facility, and a highest possible price for each remote bidder;
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- conducting an automated auction procedure whereby the desired prices included in said bidding information are compared to determine an initial highest price;
- wherein, if two bidders have competing desired prices, a successful bidder is determined on the basis of the largest highest possible price included in said bidding information;
- but if no bidders have competing desired prices, a successful bidder is determined on the basis of the largest desired price included in said bidding information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.