Automated Parking Payment
AssigneeHERE Global B.V.
InventorsLeon Stenneth, Gavril Giurgiu
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Abstract
A code for a parking location for a vehicle is identified. The code may be encoded in a scannable image. A processor analyzes the code for metadata for the parking location. The metadata is sent from a mobile device to a parking server along with data indicative of a beginning of a parking duration and/or data indicative of an ending of the parking duration. A parking payment may be calculated based on the parking duration by the mobile device or the parking server. An account for the vehicle may be automatically charged according to the parking payment.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- identifying an optically scannable code associated with a parking location for a vehicle;
- analyzing, using a processor, the optically scannable code for metadata for the parking location;
- sending, to a parking server, the metadata from the optically scannable code in response to a beginning of a parking duration;
- and
- sending, to the parking server, a final timestamp indicative of an ending of the parking duration.
A method comprising:
- receiving metadata derived from an optically scannable code of a parking location;
- receiving a first timestamp indicative of a start of a parking duration;
- verifying the metadata;
- receiving a second timestamp indicative of an end of the parking duration;
- calculating a parking payment based on the parking duration;
- and
- charging the parking payment according to the metadata.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
- receive metadata for a parking event for a vehicle at a parking location;
- analyze the metadata;
- generate one or more timestamps;
- and
- send the one or more timestamps to a parking server, wherein a parking payment is calculated based on the one or more timestamps.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs and a lookup table for parking locations,
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
- identify metadata from an optically scannable code associated with a parking location for a vehicle;
- access the lookup table for a parking rate for the parking location;
- and
- calculate a parking payment based on a parking duration of the vehicle and the parking rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.