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US 8,576,092 B2Granted
System and method for identifying parking spaces for a community of users
AssigneeAnagog Ltd.
InventorsGil Levy, Yaron Aizenbud
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Abstract
A mobile communications device includes a locator unit to receive and process information regarding a current location for the mobile communications device, a parking status determination unit to determine a parking status for the device based on at least changes in the current location, and a communication unit to forward the parking status to a parking community processor. A method includes determining a parking status of a vehicle associated with a person as a function of movement of a personal mobile communications device.
Claims9
A method implementable in software for participating in a parking community comprising:
- establishing a current location for a mobile communications device;
- calculating a speed for said device based on time and distance between said current location and a previously stored location;
- determining, by a processor, said parking status as a function of:
- said speed,
- at least one previously calculated speed, and
- at least one previously determined parking status;
- and
- forwarding said parking status to said parking community.
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