Method for monitoring payments for vehicle parking services
First Claim
1. Method for paying and allocating the charges due to service providers for services for parking vehicles (2), in particular service providers offering a parking service in open areas, for example in town in the street and/or service providers offering a parking service in enclosed areas, for example in a car-park (10);
- said vehicles being used by motorists possessing control units (1), comprising data representing a prepaid quantity for parking services and/or authorization of parking services;
said method comprising the following steps;
activating said control unit (1) at the beginning and at the end of the parking time, calculating, in function of the parking time, the amount of the parking service. storing said amount in a memory area (1d), collecting by means of a dedicated server (5) the charges due for said parking service and allocating this sum to the service provider of the parking concerned.
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for paying and allocating the tax for parking vehicles.
The method comprises:
Storing parking policies in a display (1),
selecting (1b) the parking policy of the city where the vehicle is parked,
displaying (1c) a code corresponding to the parking place, as well as the data enabling the parking management services to check whether the vehicle is parked in compliance with the specified parking policy,
calculating (1a) the amount of tax depending on the parking time,
storing (1d) the amount in the display (1),
collecting, by means of a dedicated server (5), the amount of said tax and allocating the worth thereof to the revenue account of the city.
Thus, the driver (3) is debited only of the amount of tax corresponding to the parking time.
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1. Method for paying and allocating the charges due to service providers for services for parking vehicles (2), in particular service providers offering a parking service in open areas, for example in town in the street and/or service providers offering a parking service in enclosed areas, for example in a car-park (10);
- said vehicles being used by motorists possessing control units (1), comprising data representing a prepaid quantity for parking services and/or authorization of parking services;
said method comprising the following steps;
activating said control unit (1) at the beginning and at the end of the parking time, calculating, in function of the parking time, the amount of the parking service. storing said amount in a memory area (1d), collecting by means of a dedicated server (5) the charges due for said parking service and allocating this sum to the service provider of the parking concerned. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- said vehicles being used by motorists possessing control units (1), comprising data representing a prepaid quantity for parking services and/or authorization of parking services;
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14. System for paying and allocating to service providers, the sum due for parking services for vehicles (2), in particular to service providers offering a parking service in an open area, for example in the streets of a town, and/or service providers offering a parking service in an enclosed area, for example a car-park (10);
- said vehicles (2) being used by motorists possessing control units (1), comprising data representing a prepaid quantity of parking services and/or authorization for parking services;
said control units (1) comprising a control device in particular a keypad, able to be operated by said motorist at the beginning and the end of the parking period;
said system comprising;
calculation means for calculating the charges for the parking service depending on the length of stay, storage means for storing said charge in a memory area (1d), remote data collection means for collecting by means of a dedicated server (5) the sum due for said parking service and allocating it to the parking service provider concerned. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
- said vehicles (2) being used by motorists possessing control units (1), comprising data representing a prepaid quantity of parking services and/or authorization for parking services;
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25. Server (5) intended to be operated to pay and allocate to service providers the charges due for parking services for vehicles (2), in particular service providers offering a parking service in open areas, for example in town in the street and/or service providers offering a parking service in enclosed areas, for example in a car-park (10);
- said vehicles (2) being used by motorists possessing control units (1), comprising data representing a prepaid quantity for parking services and/or authorization for parking services;
said control units (1) comprising a control device, in particular a keypad, to be operated by said motorist at the beginning and the end of the parking period;
said server (5) comprising means for remote data collection to collect the charges due for a parking service and means for allocating the sum to the parking service provider concerned;
said parking service having been calculated depending on the length of parking and stored (1d) in a memory area. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
- said vehicles (2) being used by motorists possessing control units (1), comprising data representing a prepaid quantity for parking services and/or authorization for parking services;
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30. Control unit (1) intended to be on-board a vehicle for paying and allocating the parking taxes of said vehicle, especially in the street;
- the parking policies of the towns concerned, in particular the hourly rate according to the parking areas and/or the non-paying time and/or the authorized maximum time, being pre-determined,
said control unit (1) comprising;
memorization means (1d) for storing said parking policies in a memory, a control device, especially a keypad (1b) activating a drop-down menu (1h), for selecting the parking policy of the town where the vehicle is parked and, in the case where the parking policy varies depending on the parking area, the parameters specific to said parking area, for activating said control unit (1) at the beginning of the parking period and deactivating it at the end of the parking period, a display screen (1c) for displaying a code corresponding to the parking area, in particular the name of said town, as well as data allowing the parking management services to verify whether the vehicle is parked in compliance with the set parking policy, a microprocessor (1a) for calculating according to the length of parking the amount of parking tax due and for storing said sum in a memory area of said control unit (1), connection means (1i) for linking said control unit (1) to one or several distant dedicated servers intended (i) to collect the amount of said tax and to allocate the sum to the revenue account of the town of parking and/or (ii) to download the parking policies and/or their modifications and/or (iii) to refill the electronic purse (1g). - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
- the parking policies of the towns concerned, in particular the hourly rate according to the parking areas and/or the non-paying time and/or the authorized maximum time, being pre-determined,
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