Method, system and storage medium for monitoring parking meters
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring parking meters, said method comprising:
- selecting a route, wherein said route includes a parking meter identifier;
selecting an employee to monitor said route;
scanning a meter RFID tag affixed to a parking meter wherein;
said parking meter corresponds to said parking meter identifier;
said scanning a meter RFID is performed using a RFID reader;
said RFID reader includes memory; and
said meter RFID tag includes a first unique serial number;
storing said first unique serial number and a first date/time stamp in said memory in response to said scanning a meter RFID;
selecting an incident code in response to determining that said parking meter needs repair;
selecting a status code in response to said selecting an incident code and to a current status of said parking meter; and
transmitting the contents of said memory to a host system.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring parking meters. The method comprises selecting a route. The route includes a parking meter identifier. An employee is selected to monitor the route. A meter RFID tag that is affixed to a parking meter that corresponds to the parking meter identifier is scanned, where the scanning is performed using a RFID reader that includes memory and the meter RFID tag includes a first unique serial number. The first unique serial number and a first date/time stamp are stored in the memory. An incident code is selected in response to determining that the parking meter needs repair. A status code is selected in response to selecting an incident code and to a current status of the parking meter. The contents of the memory are transmitted to a host system.
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42 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring parking meters, said method comprising:
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selecting a route, wherein said route includes a parking meter identifier;
selecting an employee to monitor said route;
scanning a meter RFID tag affixed to a parking meter wherein;
said parking meter corresponds to said parking meter identifier;
said scanning a meter RFID is performed using a RFID reader;
said RFID reader includes memory; and
said meter RFID tag includes a first unique serial number;
storing said first unique serial number and a first date/time stamp in said memory in response to said scanning a meter RFID;
selecting an incident code in response to determining that said parking meter needs repair;
selecting a status code in response to said selecting an incident code and to a current status of said parking meter; and
transmitting the contents of said memory to a host system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for monitoring parking meters, said method comprising:
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displaying maintenance monitoring options;
receiving a user selection corresponding to said maintenance monitoring options; and
performing an activity associated with said user selection in response to receiving said user selection.
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22. A system for monitoring parking meters, said system comprising:
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a meter RFID tag affixed to a parking meter wherein said meter RFID tag includes a unique serial number;
a RFID reader for scanning said meter RFID tag, wherein said RFID reader includes memory for storing said unique serial number in response to said scanning and a date/time stamp associated with said scanning; and
a communication link for transmitting the contents of said memory to a host system. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A storage medium encoded with machine-readable computer program code for monitoring parking meters, the storage medium including instructions for causing a computer to implement a method comprising:
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displaying maintenance monitoring options;
receiving a user selection corresponding to said maintenance monitoring options; and
performing an activity associated with said user selection in response to receiving said user selection and to a database. - View Dependent Claims (42)
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