Parking lot management method, parking lot management server, and parking lot management system

A parking lot management method, comprising the steps of:

• receiving a vehicle license plate number from an entrance gate apparatus connected to a local parking management terminal, and attempting to extract from information stored in the local parking management terminal a user identifier of a user who is associated with the vehicle license plate number received and who has pre-purchased a parking product;
• transmitting by the local parking management terminal vehicle entry information including the vehicle license plate number to a parking lot management server, wherein when the user identifier is extracted, the vehicle entry information further includes the user identifier;
• (a) receiving by the parking lot management server the vehicle entry information including the vehicle license plate number from the local parking management terminal;
• determining by the parking lot management server a parking lot identifier of the local parking management terminal that has transmitted the vehicle entry information and the user identifier associated with the vehicle license plate number of the vehicle entry information, wherein the determined user identifier is included in the vehicle entry information or is the user identifier associated with the vehicle license plate number in the parking lot management server;
• (b) generating by the parking lot management server a vehicle entry guide message of a vehicle associated with the vehicle license plate number;
• and
• (c) determining by the parking lot management server a mobile phone identifier from database provided in the parking lot management server by using the determined user identifier, and transmitting the vehicle entry guide message to a user's mobile phone associated with the vehicle license plate number by using the mobile phone identifier,
• wherein the vehicle entry guide message includes information on a parking lot where the vehicle associated with the vehicle license plate number enters, and guide information on a partnership store associated with the parking lot, the vehicle entry guide message being displayed on the user's mobile phone.