Parking system employing rem techniques
First Claim
1. An integrated parking management system (IPMS), comprising:
- a central command and control logic center (CCLC) for collecting, storing and analyzing data received from remote locations in the parking system to create actionable outputs for controlling remote parking system components (RPSC) in the parking system (PS);
said (CCLC) further communicating with said (RPSC) and receiving feedback from said (RPSC) to perform requested operations from said (RPSC);
a computerized data flow system forming a command and control interface (CCI) and including a logic core having a programmable set of rules to be applied to said (RPSC) components and a communications interface layer (CIL) including (1) a presentation engine for generating interactive documents for display, and (2) means for enabling exchange of data streams to said (RPSC) and (3) routing tables for tracking both the means and protocols to be used when said (CCI) is communicating with said (RPSC);
said communication interface receives data to be transmitted and a parking system component address to which data is to be transmitted; and
at least some of said (RPSC) transmitting data via said (CCI) to said (CCLC) representing the status of the parking system and receiving instructions from said (CCLC) via said (CCI) for controlling the operation of said parking system.
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Abstract
The system described is an integrated parking management system which makes use of patented vehicle detectors to collect and transmit data, essentially in near real time, as to all events happening as to single or multiple parking spaces (e.g. current and historic use, length of time of occupancy of current occupant) to a central clearing device for which patent application has been made which serves as a logic core and repository, making use of proprietary software, analyzing, displaying and distributing the data so developed as to a parking plant and all of its components to allow all parties (including prospective users) who are concerned with the various aspects of a parking plant and its components (e.g. determination as to availability of spaces, maintenance and repair of meters, collection of revenues and enforcement of parking regulations) not only to access and make passive use of the information developed, in near real time, to permit them to identify what'"'"'s happening to the plant and its components as to their own particular interest in such plant and so maximize the efficient use both of the resources of the plant and their own resources directed to the particular aspect of their interface with the plant and its components but also to access and make active use of such information for whatever purpose and in whatever fashion using whatever means of access they may wish. While others have made claim to certain of the individual functions described, e.g. vehicle detection, nobody has identified or patented
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8 Claims
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1. An integrated parking management system (IPMS), comprising:
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a central command and control logic center (CCLC) for collecting, storing and analyzing data received from remote locations in the parking system to create actionable outputs for controlling remote parking system components (RPSC) in the parking system (PS);
said (CCLC) further communicating with said (RPSC) and receiving feedback from said (RPSC) to perform requested operations from said (RPSC);a computerized data flow system forming a command and control interface (CCI) and including a logic core having a programmable set of rules to be applied to said (RPSC) components and a communications interface layer (CIL) including (1) a presentation engine for generating interactive documents for display, and (2) means for enabling exchange of data streams to said (RPSC) and (3) routing tables for tracking both the means and protocols to be used when said (CCI) is communicating with said (RPSC); said communication interface receives data to be transmitted and a parking system component address to which data is to be transmitted; and at least some of said (RPSC) transmitting data via said (CCI) to said (CCLC) representing the status of the parking system and receiving instructions from said (CCLC) via said (CCI) for controlling the operation of said parking system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An integrated parking management system (IPMS), comprising:
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a number of parking meters each having data transmission capability; a plurality of collector nodes forming groups of collector nodes for receiving data from selected groupings of said parking meters and each said groups of collector nodes receiving said data; a gateway receiving said data transmitted from said groups of collector nodes and transmitting data to said collector nodes; means for transmitting data from said gateway; a storage device and web portal for receiving data from said gateway and creating reports relating to the status of the parking meters; means for transmitting said reports to end users of the (IPMS) - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. An electronic parking meter displaying time, receiving money in various forms and indicating violations conditions in a parking space having an associated vehicle presence detector (VPD) in an (IPSM), comprising:
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an integrated communications module (ICM) for receiving data from said parking meter and sending data to said parking meter and said VPD;
said (ICM) including a CPU &
memory component (CPU &
M) for andthe parking meter recording and storing data relating to the status of the associated parking space and transmitting said data to said (ICM) and receiving instructions from said ICM regarding changes in the operation of the parking meter. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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