PARKING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

• US 20130265174A1
• Filed: 04/10/2012
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inrix Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Inrix Incorporated
• Inventors: Scofield, Christopher L., Parikh, Kush G.
• Granted Patent: US 8,791,838 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/932.2
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/012 from other sources than vehicle or roadside beacons, e.g. mobile networks
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096816 where the complete route is transmitted to the vehicle at once
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096838 where the user preferences are taken into account or the user selects one route out of a plurality
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096844 where the complete route is dynamically recomputed based on new data
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096861 where the immediate route instructions are output to the driver, e.g. arrow signs for next turn
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096866 where the complete route is shown to the driver
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096883 where input information is obtained using a mobile device, e.g. a mobile phone, a PDA
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0969 having a display in the form of a map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/143 inside the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/144 on portable or mobile units, e.g. personal digital assistant [PDA]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/146 where the parking area is a limited parking space, e.g. parking garage, restricted space
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/147 where the parking area is within an open public zone, e.g. city centre
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for parking based route navigation and/or parking resource management are disclosed to facilitate navigation to parking spots associated with a destination and/or management of respective parking spots. Navigation may be provided to a parking spot based upon parking criteria (e.g., such as distance to a destination and/or costs associated with the parking spot). Additionally, navigation (e.g., instructions, alternate transport, such as public transit) from the parking spot to the destination may be provided. Parking spots may be reserved by a parking management system based upon reservations received through a parking based route navigation system. Travelers may be re-routed based upon parking factors (e.g., traffic around a parking location, parking density, etc.). Accordingly, travelers may be routed to a destination in a more efficient manner and/or a management system may price and/or allocate parking spots in a desired manner.

Claims

1. A method for managing parking resources, comprising:

aggregating parking information associated with one or more parking spots to a parking data feed; and

updating the parking data feed based at least in part on feedback comprising at least one of a reservation or a confirmation associated with at least some of the one or more parking spots, at least some of at least one of aggregating or updating implemented at least in part via a processing unit.

2. The method of claim 1, aggregating parking information comprising monitoring one or more parking meters.

3. The method of claim 1, the reservation comprising a selection of at least some of the one or more parking spots.

4. The method of claim 1, the confirmation comprising verification of occupancy of at least some of the one or more parking spots.

5. The method of claim 1, at least some of the one or more parking spots associated with one or more parking spot coordinates.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising providing an alert based at least in part on a proximity to at least some of the one or more parking spots associated with the reservation.

7. The method of claim 1, updating the parking data feed comprising marking at least some of the one or more parking spots as unavailable based at least in part on at least one of the reservation or the confirmation.

8. The method of claim 1, the confirmation comprising at least one of a GPS signal, a visual indication, or near field communication associated with a determination that at least some of the one or more parking spots are occupied.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising providing a map of at least one of one or more available spots, one or more reserved spots, or one or more taken spots.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising rerouting a request for at least some of the one or more parking spots based at least in part on an efficiency factor.

11. A system for managing parking resources, comprising:

a parking feed component configured to aggregate parking information associated with one or more parking spots to a parking data feed; and

a reservation management component configured to update the parking data feed based at least in part on feedback comprising at least one of a reservation or a confirmation associated with at least some of the one or more parking spots, at least some of at least one of the parking feed component or the reservation management component implemented at least in part via a processing unit.

12. The system of claim 11, the parking feed component configured to aggregate parking information by monitoring one or more parking meters.

13. The system of claim 11, the reservation management component configured to receive a selection of at least some of the one or more parking spots.

14. The system of claim 11, the reservation management component configured to verify occupancy of at least some of the one or more parking spots.

15. The system of claim 11, at least some of the one or more parking spots associated with one or more parking spot coordinates.

16. The system of claim 11, the reservation management component configured to provide an alert based at least in part on a proximity to at least some of the one or more parking spots associated with the reservation.

17. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed at least in part via a processing unit on a computer performs acts, comprising:

aggregating parking information associated with one or more parking spots to a parking data feed; and

updating the parking data feed based at least in part on feedback comprising at least one of a reservation or a confirmation associated with at least some of the one or more parking spots.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, aggregating parking information comprising monitoring one or more parking meters.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, the reservation comprising a selection of at least some of the one or more parking spots.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, the confirmation comprising verification of occupancy of at least some of the one or more parking spots.