# US 2017/0287330 A1 · System and method for locating available parking spaces > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0287330 A1 - Document ID: US20170287330A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/628,405 - Filed: 2017-06-20 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-21 - Assignees: Parkopedia Limited - Applicants: Parkopedia Limited - Inventors: Eugene TSYRKLEVICH - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170287330A1 ## CPC - G08G 1/144: {on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]} - G01C 21/3667: {Display of a road map (G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635)} - G08G 1/0112: {from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]} - G08G 1/0116: {from roadside infrastructure, e.g. beacons} - G08G 1/065: by counting the vehicles in a section of the road or in a parking area, i.e. comparing incoming count with outgoing count - G08G 1/143: {inside the vehicles} - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) ## Abstract This application is directed to a system and method for locating parking spaces. A user can enter the desired location for parking and the application will transmit the information to a parking information database server. The server will return the location of parking spaces and probability of space availability. In addition, the database includes detailed parking information to include price, hours, and any special restrictions. These results can be depicted as a list or graphically displayed on a street map, satellite map or hybrid map views. Filters can be applied to find a specific type of parking available. The application provides real-time availability information in areas where the infrastructure to generate such data is available via sources such as on-street sensors or parking lot barrier systems. The system uses various secondary information to adjust historical observations of space availability in order to make provide accurate space predictions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for locating parking spaces, comprising: transmitting electronically a requested location where parking is desired to a database server over a communication medium; calculating a probable parking space location in a vicinity of the requested location based on analysis of a plurality of floating cellular data stored in a database electronically connected to the database server, wherein the floating cellular data captures an arrival and a departure of vehicles from the requested location based on a change of speed of a plurality of cellular signals to differentiate between pedestrian and vehicle movement; and transmitting the location and probability of a parking space over the communication medium. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the requested location for parking is entered and transmitted from a portable electronic device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the probable parking space locations are depicted on an electronic depiction of a street map. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the database server refines predictions of parking space availability based on a plurality of floating car data that captures vehicle movement information from vehicles driving around the requested location looking for a space. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the database server refines predictions of parking availability trends for the requested location based on historical parking space counts collected throughout a selected day and extrapolates future availability based on said trends. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the database server adjusts predictions of real-time parking space availability from the historical availability trends using inputs including current day of the week, month, time of the day, weather, state of the public transport system, planned events, real-time availability in adjacent parking lots and streets, real-time parking payment transactions, real-time Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) transactions, real-time traffic and floating car data, real-time imagery (satellite or camera-based), real-time space availability as reported by parking enforcement systems, real-time space availability as reported by a user. ### Claim 7 A computer implemented method suitable for implementation on a processor comprising: transmitting electronically a requested location where parking is desired to a database server over a communication medium; calculating a probable parking space location in a vicinity of the requested location based on analysis of a plurality of floating cellular data stored in a database electronically connected to the database server, wherein the floating cellular data captures an arrival and a departure of vehicles from the requested location based on a change of speed of a plurality of cellular signals to differentiate between pedestrian and vehicle movement; and transmitting the location and probability of a parking space over the communication medium, wherein said transmitting and calculating is performed by a processor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the requested location for parking is entered and transmitted from a portable electronic device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the probable parking space locations are depicted on an electronic depiction of a street map. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the database server refines predictions of parking space availability based on a plurality of floating car data that captures vehicle movement information from vehicles driving around the requested location looking for a space. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the database server refines predictions of parking availability trends for the requested location based on historical parking space counts collected throughout a selected day and extrapolates future availability based on said trends. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the database server adjusts predictions of real-time parking space availability from the historical availability trends using inputs including current day of the week, month, time of the day, weather, state of the public transport system, planned events, real-time availability in adjacent parking lots and streets, real-time parking payment transactions, real-time Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) transactions, real-time traffic and floating car data, real-time imagery (satellite or camera-based), real-time space availability as reported by parking enforcement systems, real-time space availability as reported by a user. ### Claim 13 A system for locating parking spaces, comprising: an electronic device in communication with a database server, the database server connected to a database, wherein the database server is capable of predicting parking space information for an area based on information on in the database; wherein the database server predicts parking space availability based on analysis of a plurality of floating cellular data, wherein said floating cellular data captures the arrival and departure of vehicles from the requested location based on change of speed of a plurality cellular signals to indicate pedestrian versus vehicle movement; and wherein the database contains a plurality of parking space data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the electronic device is incorporated into a vehicle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the database server refines predictions of parking space availability from analysis of a plurality of floating car data that captures vehicle movement information from vehicles driving around a block looking for a space. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the database server refines predictions of parking availability trends for the requested location based on historical parking space counts collected throughout a selected day and extrapolates future availability based on said trends. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the database server makes real-time parking space availability adjustments to the historical availability trends using inputs including current day of the week, month, time of the day, weather, state of the public transport system, planned events, real-time availability in adjacent parking lots and streets, real-time parking payment transactions, real-time Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) transactions, real-time traffic and floating car data, real-time imagery (satellite or camera-based), real-time space availability as reported by parking enforcement systems, real-time space availability as reported by a user.