PARKING MANAGEMENT AND BILLING

• US 20120286972A1
• Filed: 11/13/2011
• Published: 11/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baruch Bouzaglo
• Original Assignee: Baruch Bouzaglo
• Inventors: Bouzaglo, Baruch
• Granted Patent: US 8,786,465 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/932.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/25 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/24 for parking meters

Abstract

A parking management system including a server, a plurality of mobile parking management devices mounted in cars, an plurality of parking area parking control devices mounted in a parking areas, and a plurality of portable parking control devices used by parking attendants, all communicating via one or more wireless networks. Upon request, the server provides a mobile parking management device with information pertaining to parking availability and to commercial establishments offering parking payment refunds. Upon request a commercial establishments sends a parking payment refund to the server. Upon request the server bills the account associated with the mobile parking management device according to the parking fee and period of parking.

Claims

1. A mobile parking management device comprising:

a processor;

a memory module connected to said processor;

a user interface module connected to said processor; and

a first communication interface module connected to said processor;

wherein said processor is operative to communicate, via said first communication interface module, and a first network, with a remote server;

wherein said processor is additionally operative to send a parking management device identification data to said remote server; and

wherein said processor is additionally operative to report parking status to said remote server.

2. A mobile parking management device according to claim 1 additionally comprising:

a second communication interface module connected to said processor;

wherein said processor is operative to communicate, via said second communication interface module, and a second network, with a parking area control device;

wherein said processor is additionally operative to receive a parking area identification data from said parking area control device; and

wherein said processor is additionally operative to report said parking area identification data to said remote server.

3. A mobile parking management device according to claim 2 wherein said processor is additionally operative to receive, from said remote server, a parking permit code associated with said parking management device identification data and said parking area identification data.

4. A mobile parking management device according to claim 1 additionally comprising:

an interface operative to communicate with a portable personal identification device;

wherein said portable personal identification device is operative to identify an account of a user of said mobile parking management device.

5. A mobile parking management server comprising:

a processor;

a memory module connected to said processor;

a first communication interface module connected to said processor;

wherein said processor is operative to communicate, via said first communication interface module, and a first network, with a parking management device mounted in a parked vehicle;

wherein said processor is additionally operative to receive a parking management device identification data from said parking management device; and

wherein said processor is additionally operative receive parking status from said parking management device.

6. A mobile parking management server according to claim 5 wherein said processor is additionally operative to send, to said parking management device:

a parking permit code associated with said parking management device identification data, and said parking area identification data.

7. A portable parking control device comprising:

a processor;

a memory module connected to said processor;

a user interface module connected to said processor; and

a first communication interface module connected to said processor;

wherein said processor is operative to communicate, via said first communication interface module, and a first network, with a remote server;

wherein said processor is additionally operative to send a parking management device identification data to said remote server; and

wherein said processor is additionally operative to report parking status to said remote server.

8. A parking area control devices comprising:

a processor;

a memory module connected to said processor;

a communication interface module connected to said processor;

a proximity sensing device operative to sense the presence of a parked car;

wherein said processor is operative to communicate to a remote server, via said communication interface module, occupancy status of a parking place.