HOTLINE SYSTEM FOR THE PURCHASE OF A PARKING SPACE, INCLUDING A PARKING TICKET MACHINE FOR PUBLIC ROADS AND A HOTLINE DEVICE

• US 20120209666A1
• Filed: 12/19/2011
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Parkeon
• Original Assignee: Parkeon
• Inventors: DEBAC, Olivier
• Application Number:
  US13/330,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20120209666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/13
• 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 17/24 for parking meters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A hotline system for the purchase of parking spaces comprises a parking space payment device, which device includes a screen, display means for displaying data on the screen, and a computer-based hotline device connected to the payment device via a data transfer connection, comprising a receiver for receiving operational data received from the payment device and a transmitter for transmitting to the payment device control signals for controlling the payment device. The hotline device and the payment device each include a radioelectric transmitter-receiver, whereby the hotline device and the payment device are connected via a radioelectric connection, in the absence of a wired data transfer connection between the hotline device and the payment device, and in that the hotline device includes simulation means for simulating, based on the operational data received, the behavior of the payment device.

Claims

1. A hotline system for the purchase of a parking space, comprising:

a payment device for paying a parking space, which payment device includes a screen and display means for displaying data on the screen,

a computer-based hotline device connected to the payment device via a data transfer connection comprising a receiver for receiving operational data from the payment device and a transmitter for transmitting to the payment device control signals for controlling the payment device,

wherein the hotline device and the payment device each include a radioelectric transmitter-receiver, whereby the hotline device and the payment device are connected via a radioelectric connection, in the absence of a wired data transfer connection between the hotline device and the payment device, and wherein the hotline device includes simulation means for simulating, based on the operational data received, the behavior of the payment device in the absence of all data related to the behavior of the payment device exchanged within the payment device.

2. System according to claim 1, wherein the simulation means are capable of simulating an image of the data displayed by the display device on the screen of the payment device.

3. System according to claim 2, wherein the simulation means are capable of simulating the image of the data displayed by the display device on the screen of the payment device in the absence of the transmission of all of the data displayed by the payment device to the hotline device.

4. System according to claim 1, wherein the hotline device comprises a hotline server connected by Internet to a remote server including the radioelectric transmitter-receiver, whereby the hotline server includes the simulation means.

5. System according to claim 1, additionally including at least one web client capable of being used by a hotline operator, wherein the/each web client is connected to the hotline device via the Internet network.

6. System according to claim 5, wherein the hotline device includes transfer means for transferring to the corresponding web client data related to the behavior simulated by the simulation means.

7. System according to claim 1, wherein the hotline device includes sending means for sending a request of the web address of the payment device.

8. System according to claim 1 wherein the web address of the hotline device is predetermined and stored in a memory of the payment device.

9. System according to claim 1, wherein the payment device includes voice transmission means for transmitting voice according to the Internet protocol, the voice transmission means being capable of allowing for voice communication between a user of the payment device and a hotline operator.

10. System according to claim 1, wherein the payment device is a parking ticket machine located in the street.