Parking system and method
First Claim
1. A parking system, comprising:
- a central information location comprising at least one database;
at least one client communicatively connected to the central location; and
a plurality of alerters, wherein each alerter comprises send and receive capabilities;
wherein each client communicates via a network with the central location, and wherein at least vehicle information of a vehicle parked and a location of the vehicle parked are entered to the at least one database from at least one client, and wherein a vehicle return request time is associated with the vehicle parked by the central location into the at least one database, and wherein the vehicle parked is returned responsively to activation of a one of the alerters uniquely associated with the vehicle parked in the vehicle return request time.
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Abstract
A parking system, and a method of operating a parking system, are disclosed. The parking system includes a central information location including at least one database, at least one client communicatively connected to the central location, and a plurality of alerters, wherein each alerter includes send and receive capabilities. The method includes registering at least one parking location and at least one service provision location with a central location, receiving vehicle information of the vehicle parked in a database at the central location, associating, at the central location, an alerter with the vehicle parked, associating, at the central location, a vehicle return request time for return of the vehicle parked, and returning the vehicle parked in the vehicle request return time, responsively to an activation of the associated alerter.
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14 Claims
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1. A parking system, comprising:
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a central information location comprising at least one database;
at least one client communicatively connected to the central location; and
a plurality of alerters, wherein each alerter comprises send and receive capabilities;
wherein each client communicates via a network with the central location, and wherein at least vehicle information of a vehicle parked and a location of the vehicle parked are entered to the at least one database from at least one client, and wherein a vehicle return request time is associated with the vehicle parked by the central location into the at least one database, and wherein the vehicle parked is returned responsively to activation of a one of the alerters uniquely associated with the vehicle parked in the vehicle return request time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of operating a parking system, comprising:
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registering at least one parking location and at least one service provision location with a central location;
upon arrival of a vehicle parked at the service provision location, receiving vehicle information of the vehicle parked, and receiving one of the parking locations for the vehicle parked, in a database at the central location via at least one client connected to the database via a network;
uniquely associating, at the central location, an alerter with the vehicle parked in the at least one database;
associating, at the central location, a vehicle return request time for return of the vehicle parked;
forwarding the vehicle information, the parking location, the alerter association, and the vehicle return request time for vehicle return, to the service provision location, and to the parking location; and
returning the vehicle parked in the vehicle request return time, responsively to an activation of the associated alerter. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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