Method and System for Variable Granularity Allocation of Parking Resources

A computer-based method for managing a plurality of parking spaces at one or more parking facilities, comprising:

• receiving, at a parking management platform, a parking space search request which specifies a plurality of parking dates and times selected by the customer from a plurality of configurable time intervals using a customer-selected recurrence measure, where the times selected from the plurality of configurable time intervals are less than a full day;
• submitting a query service request through a query service at the parking management platform to a read database using a command query responsibility segregation (CQRS) database access pattern to retrieve a list of one or more parking spaces which are available at the plurality of parking dates and times;
• communicating with a parking customer web application to display the list of one or more parking spaces which are available at the plurality of parking dates and times;
• receiving from the parking customer web application a parking space reservation request which selects a first parking space from the one or more parking spaces which are available at the plurality of parking dates and times;
• and
• submitting a command service request through a command service at the parking management platform to a write database using the CQRS database access pattern to update a parking space allocation to reflect that the first parking space has been allocated at the plurality of parking dates and times selected from the plurality of configurable time intervals using the customer-selected recurrence measure.

A parking management system, comprising:

• a non-transitory memory storing one or more computer programs;
• and
• a processor executing the one or more programs to:
• display, at a customer computer device, a first parking search user interface screen which lists a customer-selectable start date field, a customer-selectable start-time field, a customer-selectable end-time field, a customer-selectable end date field, and a customer-selectable recurrence option;
• communicate, to an online parking management platform server, a parking space search request which specifies parking requirements comprising a customer-selected start date, a customer-selected start time selected from a first plurality of configurable time intervals, a customer-selected end time selected from a second plurality of configurable time intervals, a customer-selected end date, and a recurrence option which specifies a plurality of parking dates for the parking requirements;
• receive, from the online parking management platform server, a listing of one or more parking facilities with corresponding prices for parking spaces which match the parking requirements of the parking space search request;
• display, at the customer computer device, the listing of one or more parking facilities and corresponding prices;
• and
• communicate, to the online parking management platform server, a parking space reservation request which specifies a customer-selected parking facility selected from the listing of one or more parking facilities.