Method of Managing Vehicle Parking Subscription Renewals
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Abstract
A method of managing renewals of subscriptions for the parking of vehicles in a geographical zone in which parking is regulated with pay-and-display machines that are installed therein. According to the invention, a person first obtains a subscription from a parking management operator for authorization to park one or more vehicles for a first determined period. The subscriber and the vehicle(s) are identified by identification elements which are recorded in a database of a central subscription management server (8) and parking is controlled by a control officer. In order to renew a subscription for a new period, the subscriber presents himself/herself at one (1) of the pay-and-display machines which communicates with the server (8), identifies himself/herself using the subscriber identification elements (2) and renews the subscription with the aid of the pay-and-display machine (1).
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18. A method for managing the renewal of subscriptions for the parking of vehicles in a geographical area where parking is controlled through paystations installed within the said geographical area, the method comprising a preliminary step in which:
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a user subscribes to a subscription contract with a parking management operator to permit the parking of one or more vehicles for a first specified period within the said geographical area without it being necessary to use a paystation in order to obtain a parking ticket when parking in that geographical area, the operator records identification data for the subscriber and the vehicle or vehicles in a central server, during the preliminary step, means for identifying the subscription contract for renewal purposes are determined and recorded in the central server'"'"'s database, for renewal of the subscription for a further period, the method also comprises the following steps;
the subscriber goes to one of the said paystations and identifies himself using the said identification means, the paystation communicates with the said server using the identification means to renew the subscription period. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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