Method and device for booking a parking space
First Claim
1. A method of reserving a plurality of pay parking spaces supervised by at least one terminal (BO) of the parking meter type, including indicator means for each supervised space for indicating the state of payment (Si) defining whether or not parking is authorized, the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
- a) a user defining a reservation request in accordance with selected parameters;
b) the user receiving in return reservation data and the identity of at least one available parking space corresponding to said selected parameters;
c) at the appropriate time, the user presenting said reservation data to the parking terminal (BO) associated with said parking space; and
d) the terminal (BO) verifying said data and using said indicator means to indicate corresponding authorization to park.
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Abstract
A method of reserving a plurality of pay parking spaces supervised by at least one terminal (BO) of the parking meter type, including indicator means for each supervised space for indicating the state of payment (Si) defining whether or not parking is authorized, the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps: a) a user (1) defining a reservation request (2) in accordance with selected parameters; b) the user receiving in return reservation data and the identity of at least one available parking space corresponding to said selected parameters; c) at the appropriate time, the user presenting said reservation data to the parking terminal (BO) associated with said parking space; and d) the terminal (BO) verifying said data and using said indicator means to indicate corresponding authorization to park.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of reserving a plurality of pay parking spaces supervised by at least one terminal (BO) of the parking meter type, including indicator means for each supervised space for indicating the state of payment (Si) defining whether or not parking is authorized, the method being characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
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a) a user defining a reservation request in accordance with selected parameters;
b) the user receiving in return reservation data and the identity of at least one available parking space corresponding to said selected parameters;
c) at the appropriate time, the user presenting said reservation data to the parking terminal (BO) associated with said parking space; and
d) the terminal (BO) verifying said data and using said indicator means to indicate corresponding authorization to park. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Apparatus for reserving a plurality of pay parking spaces, said apparatus comprising:
at least one parking meter type terminal (BO) supervising said parking spaces, said terminal (BO) including, for each supervised space, indicator means for indicating the state of payments (Si) defining whether or not parking is authorized, and reservation means suitable for receiving a reservation request for a defined parking space in accordance with selected parameters, for generating reservation data, and for identifying at least one available parking space corresponding to said selected parameters, and certification means carried by the terminal (BO) associated with said reserved parking space and suitable for verifying the reservation data presented by the user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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