US 2014/0195283 A1 · Computer-Implemented System And Method For Offering Merchant And Shopper-Friendly Parking Reservations Through Tourist Privileges

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for offering merchant and shopper-friendly parking reservations through tourist privileges is provided. Motor vehicle parking spaces located in a tourist area of an urban environment are managed through a server. Smart parking devices and vehicle occupancy sensors are each proximate to at least one of the parking spaces. Tourist parking identification cards are issued to an agency authorized to provide tourist parking privileges, which are then provided to the visitors. The parking identification cards are activated by pairing each identification card with a digital ticket issued to the agency. The parking spaces are managed by sensing occupancy of one of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle through the nearest vehicle occupancy sensor and by determining an identity of the driver of the motor vehicle through the nearest smart parking device.

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Dependent claims

A method for offering merchant and shopper-friendly parking reservations through tourist privileges, comprising:

managing a multiplicity of motor vehicle parking spaces located in a tourist area of an urban environment through a server, comprising:
interfacing a plurality of smart parking devices that are each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces;
and
interfacing a plurality of vehicle occupancy sensors that are also each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces;
and
authorizing use of the parking spaces by visitors to the tourist area of the urban environment, comprising:
issuing a multiplicity of tourist parking identification cards to an agency authorized to provide tourist parking privileges, which are then physically provided to one or more of the visitors;
and
activating the tourist parking identification cards by pairing each tourist parking identification card with a digital ticket issued to the agency;
and
managing the use of the parking spaces, comprising:
sensing occupancy of one of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle through the nearest vehicle occupancy sensor;
and
determining an identity of the driver of the motor vehicle through the nearest smart parking device.

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A system for offering merchant and shopper-friendly parking reservations through tourist privileges, comprising:

a server configured to manage a multiplicity of motor vehicle parking spaces located in a tourist area of an urban environment;
a parking card module executed by the server and configured to issue a multiplicity of tourist parking identification cards to an agency authorized to provide tourist parking privileges, which are then physically provided to one or more of the visitors;
an activation module executed by the server and configured to activate the tourist parking identification cards by pairing each tourist parking identification card with a digital ticket issued to the agency;
a plurality of vehicle occupancy sensors that are each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces, at least one of the vehicle occupancy sensors sensing occupancy of one of the parking spaces by a motor vehicle;
and
a plurality of smart parking devices that are each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces, one of the smart parking devices nearest to the occupied parking space determining an identity of the driver of the motor vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Computer-Implemented System And Method For Offering Merchant And Shopper-Friendly Parking Reservations Through Tourist Privileges

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