Coinless parking administration apparatus, system, and method
OwnerRobert B. O'Dellinventor
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Abstract
A wireless transceiver is used by a person wishing to park a vehicle to (i) request parking authorization wherein the request includes a parking start time and, (ii) when leaving the parking location, request termination of parking authorization at a parking end time. The transceiver communicates wirelessly with a parking server which notes the parking start and end times to determine a parking duration and a parking fee determined according to the parking duration. The parking fee can also be determined according to other factors such as day of week, time of day, holiday status, location, and one or more characteristics of the user.
Claims4
A device for authorizing parking of a vehicle at a parking location, the device comprising:
- logic which is configured to authorization parking by:
- sending a parking authorization request to a parking server wherein the parking authorization request identifies the vehicle and the parking location and starting time of authorized parking;
- and
- sending a parking termination request to the parking server wherein the parking termination request identifies an ending time of authorized parking.
A method for administering parking, the method comprising:
- receiving a parking authorization request which includes a parking start time;
- receiving a parking termination request which include a parking end time;
- determining a parking duration from the parking start time and the parking end time;
- determining a parking fee according to the parking duration;
- and
- charging the parking fee to a party identified within the parking authorization request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.