Intruder, theft and vandalism deterrent management system for controlling a parking area

A management system for an access restricted area, the access restricted area having an entrance and an exit, comprising:

• a control system;
• a memory in communication with said control system;
• a first barrier having an open condition and a closed condition, said barrier being disposed at the entrance to the access restricted area for controlling access to the access restricted area;
• an actuator for moving said first barrier between said open condition and said closed condition;
• said actuator being in communication with said control system;
• and said actuator being controlled by said control system;
• a first customer terminal disposed at the entrance to the access restricted area, said first customer terminal being in communication with said control system;
• and said first customer terminal having a customer input means for receiving customer input information;
• and
• said control system being responsive to an input from said first customer terminal to compare the input with predetermined criteria stored in said memory to determine whether the input is deemed a valid input;
• said control system responding to a valid input by creating a unique identification record and storing it in said memory;
• said unique identification record permitting a customer access to the access restricted area by causing said first barrier to be in said open condition when the customer inputs said unique identification number at said first customer terminal.

An access restricted area management control method for an access restricted area management control system having a first barrier at an entrance to an access restricted area for controlling access to the access restricted area, the access restricted area having a plurality of access locations which are access restricted, and at least one customer terminal for the access controlled area, comprising the steps of:

• providing the at least one customer terminal;
• providing a control system and a memory in communication with said at least one customer terminal;
• receiving an input from the at least one terminal;
• using said control system and said memory to compare said input with predetermined criteria to determine whether said input is deemed a valid input;
• and
• creating a unique identification record of a customer to permit a customer providing a valid input to any customer terminal to have access at plural access locations to the access controlled area.