Method and device for booking a parking space
First Claim
1. A method for booking a parking space, characterised by the fact that it includes the following stages:
- a. providing a central reservation unit and an access control device for at least one parking space to be reserved;
b. as regards the user, defining a booking request for a parking place with the selected parameters and sending the booking request defined in this way to the central reservation unit;
c. as regards the central reservation unit, receiving the booking request defined as described above, preparing a reservation code (RC) for a vacant parking space that meets the selected parameters and sending the said reservation code (RC) to the user;
d. as regards the user, receiving the reservation code (RC) and presenting it to the access control device associated with the corresponding parking space; and
e. as regards the access control device, verifying the reservation code (RC) presented in this way by the user and, if the verification is positive, authorizing access to the parking space reserved in that way.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method whereby: at user level, a request booking (2) a parking space is specified according to selected parameters, and the resulting specified booking request is sent to the central unit (5), at the central reservation unit (5), receiving the specified booking request, a reservation code (RC) is produced for a free parking space corresponding to said selected parameters, and said produced reservation code (RC) is sent to the user; at user level the reservation code (RC) and is received and presented to the access control device (12) associated with the corresponding parking space; at access control, the reservation code (RC) presented by the user is verified, and, if verification is positive, access to the booked parking space is authorised.
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Citations
22 Claims
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1. A method for booking a parking space, characterised by the fact that it includes the following stages:
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a. providing a central reservation unit and an access control device for at least one parking space to be reserved;
b. as regards the user, defining a booking request for a parking place with the selected parameters and sending the booking request defined in this way to the central reservation unit;
c. as regards the central reservation unit, receiving the booking request defined as described above, preparing a reservation code (RC) for a vacant parking space that meets the selected parameters and sending the said reservation code (RC) to the user;
d. as regards the user, receiving the reservation code (RC) and presenting it to the access control device associated with the corresponding parking space; and
e. as regards the access control device, verifying the reservation code (RC) presented in this way by the user and, if the verification is positive, authorizing access to the parking space reserved in that way. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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- 8. A device for booking a parking space, characterised by the fact that it includes an access control device associated with at least one parking space to be booked and a central reservation unit and that the said reservation unit is capable of receiving a booking request for a parking space defined according to the selected parameters, preparing a reservation code (RC) for a vacant parking space that matches the said selected parameters and sending the said reservation code to the user and that the access control device associated with the corresponding parking space is capable of verifying the reservation code presented by the user and, if the verification is positive, authorising access to the parking space reserved in this way or at least issuing an access right to the user.
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19. An access control device designed to cooperate with a device for booking a parking space, characterised by the fact that it includes the access control device associated with at least one parking space to be booked and a central reservation unit and that the said reservation unit is capable of receiving a booking request for a parking space defined according to the selected parameters, preparing a reservation code (RC) for a vacant parking space that matches the said selected parameters and sending the said reservation code to the user and that the access control device associated with the corresponding parking space is capable of verifying the reservation code presented by the user and, if the verification is positive, authorising access to the parking space reserved in this way or at least issuing an access right to the user.
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20. A central reservation unit designed to cooperate with a device for booking a parking space, characterised by the fact that it includes an access control device associated with at least one parking space to be booked and the central reservation unit and that the said reservation unit is capable of receiving a booking request for a parking space defined according to the selected parameters, preparing a reservation code (RC) for a vacant parking space that matches the said selected parameters and sending the said reservation code to the user and that the access control device associated with the corresponding parking space is capable of verifying the reservation code presented by the user and, if the verification is positive, authorising access to the parking space reserved in this way or at least issuing an access right to the user.
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21. An access closing device designed to cooperate with a device for booking a parking space, characterised by the fact that it includes an access control device associated with at least one parking space to be booked and a central reservation unit and that the said reservation unit is capable of receiving a booking request for a parking space defined according to the selected parameters, preparing a reservation code (RC) for a vacant parking space that matches the said selected parameters and sending the said reservation code to the user and that the access control device associated with the corresponding parking space is capable of verifying the reservation code presented by the user and, if the verification is positive, authorising access to the parking space reserved in this way or at least issuing an access right to the user and characterized by the fact that it includes the access closing device, the opening and closing of which is controlled by the access control device.
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22. A communication portal designed to cooperate with a device for booking a parking space, characterised by the fact that it includes an access control device associated with at least one parking space to be booked and a central reservation unit and that the said reservation unit is capable of receiving a booking request for a parking space defined according to the selected parameters, preparing a reservation code (RC) for a vacant parking space that matches the said selected parameters and sending the said reservation code to the user and that the access control device associated with the corresponding parking space is capable of verifying the reservation code presented by the user and, if the verification is positive, authorising access to the parking space reserved in this way or at least issuing an access right to the user and characterised by the fact that the central reservation unit includes that communication portal that is capable of communicating with the user with at least one means of communication belonging to the group formed by means for wired and/or wireless telephony, data exchange, facsimile transmission, voice recognition, wired and/or wireless Internet type communication devices and similar means.
Specification