Parking Payment System Using A Cell Phone Or Other Mobile Device

• US 20100030629A1
• Filed: 10/09/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: POM, Inc.
• Original Assignee: POM, Inc.
• Inventors: WARD, Seth II
• Application Number:
  US12/576,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20100030629A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/13
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/127 Shopping or accessing services according to a time-limitation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0284 Time or distance, e.g. usage of parking meters or taximeters
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/123 Tax preparation or submission
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 90/20 Destination assistance within a business structure or complex
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/24 for parking meters

Abstract

A device for wireless telecommunications is provided that includes a display, a processor, and a graphical user interface (GUI). The GUI having a parking aspect displayable on the display such that responsive to a user of the device selecting the parking aspect, the processor is programmed to enable identifying a parking space, and further enabled to receive information regarding parking in the parking space, responsive to the user selecting to pay a fee to park in the parking space, promoting arranging for payment of a parking fee.

Claims

1. A device for wireless telecommunications, comprising:

a display;

a processor; and

a graphical user interface having a parking aspect displayable on the display such that responsive to a user of the device selecting the parking aspect, the processor is programmed to;

promote identify a parking space,

receive information regarding parking in the parking space, and

responsive to the user selecting to pay a fee to park in the parking space, promoting charging the fee to a device account associated with the user'"'"'s device.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface displays the fee associated with parking in the parking space.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface promotes the exchange of information related to parking including:

a parking space identifier, an amount of time to purchase on the parking meter, a rate identifying the cost of time for purchase on the parking meter, and a payment method.

4. A device for wireless telecommunications, comprising:

a display;

a processor; and

a graphical user interface (GUI) having a parking aspect displayable on the display such that responsive to a user of the device selecting the parking aspect, the processor is programmed to;

enable identifying a parking space,

enable receiving information regarding parking in the parking space, and

responsive to the user selecting to pay a fee to park in the parking space, promoting arranging for payment of a parking fee.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the payment is arranged via the telecommunications provider associated with the mobile device.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the device is operable via the GUI to provide an indicator related to unpaid parking citations.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the device is further configured to arrange for payment of the unpaid parking citations.

8. The device of claim 4, wherein the device is configured to arrange for payment of the parking space via Short Message Service (SMS) messaging.

9. The device of claim 4, further configured to display, via the GUI, information including:

a parking space identifier, an amount of time to purchase on the parking meter, a rate identifying the cost of time for purchase on the parking meter, a payment method.

10. The device of claim 4, wherein the GUI is configured to provide an indication that the parking space has been vacated so as to promote computation and assessment of a parking charge associated with parking in the parking space for a monitored time, the monitored time ending in relation to the indication that the parking space was vacated.

11. The device of claim 4, wherein the GUI is further operable to promote display of available parking spaces.

12. The device of claim 4, further wherein the GUI displays available parking spaces based on a location of the device.

13. The device of claim 4, further wherein the GUI displays available parking spaces based on a global positioning system location of the device.

14. The device of claim 4, wherein the device is configured to receive an alert related to an impending expiration of arrangements to occupy the parking space.

15. The device of claim 4, wherein the device is configured to receive an alert related to an expiration of arrangements to occupy the parking space.

16. The device of claim 4, wherein the device is configured to receive an alert related to payment arrangements necessary to extend occupancy of the parking space.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the GUI is configured to promote payment arrangement to extend occupancy of the parking space.