Dynamic parking place location system
OwnerStuart O. Goldman, Susan A. Feyerabendinventors
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Abstract
A dynamic parking place location service is disclosed that can assist end users navigating a congested area to find available parking spaces near their location on-demand. An end user initiates a parking information request by contacting an application server and sending location information coincident to the request. Responsive to the request, the application server consults a database of parking space utilization information associated with one or more designated parking spaces and returns one or more candidate parking spaces for the end user at the end user location or projected location.
Claims11
A dynamic parking place location system comprising:
- a data collection system operable to detect and maintain parking space utilization information associated with one or more designated parking spaces;
- and
- an application server operably connected to the data collection system and one or more end users, the application server operable to receive a parking information request from an end user, consult the parking space utilization information to determine one or more candidate parking spaces for the end user, and communicate indicia of the candidate parking spaces to the end user.
A method comprising:
- receiving a parking information request from an end user;
- consulting parking space utilization information to determine one or more candidate parking spaces for the end user;
- and
- communicating indicia of the candidate parking spaces to the end user.
An article comprising:
- one or more computer-readable signal-bearing media;
- and
- means in the one or more media, responsive to receiving a parking information request from an end user, for determining a location of the end user and consulting parking space utilization information to determine one or more candidate parking spaces for the end user based at least in part on the user location.
An article comprising:
- one or more computer-readable signal-bearing media;
- and
- means in the one or more media, for sending a parking information request to an application server, the parking request including location information associated with an end user;
- and, responsive to sending the parking information request, receiving indicia of one or more candidate parking spaces for the end user based at least in part on the user location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.