Methods and Systems for Electronic Payment for Parking using Autonomous Position Sensing
First Claim
1. A method of payment for parking of a vehicle comprising:
- determining the location of the vehicle with a wireless communication device, wherein determining the location comprises using a global positioning system;
initiating a parking session with the server;
transmitting the location of the wireless communication device and an identity of the vehicle to the server; and
allowing a user to provide corrections to the location determined by positioning device if correction is deemed necessary.
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Abstract
A method/system of wireless payment of parking fees for a vehicle, applicable to both open street and closed garage parking, wherein the user and checker experiences are enhanced relative to the prior art by a number of means, including: autonomous sensing of the user'"'"'s/vehicle'"'"'s location and allowing the user to correct the indicated location if required; enabling a handset to automatically sense the ID of the vehicle in which it is located; enabling rapid and facile enforcement by providing the Checker with information about the location, parking session status and other attributes of parked vehicles and displaying the information on a portable terminal in a manner facilitating rapid validation; and further facilitating the identification of vehicles with expired sessions by a method/system of RF interrogation involving RF tags located in/on the vehicles and the checking terminal querying the RF tags.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of payment for parking of a vehicle comprising:
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determining the location of the vehicle with a wireless communication device, wherein determining the location comprises using a global positioning system; initiating a parking session with the server; transmitting the location of the wireless communication device and an identity of the vehicle to the server; and allowing a user to provide corrections to the location determined by positioning device if correction is deemed necessary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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- 8. A method of determining the identity of a vehicle in which a wireless communication device is located, comprising sensing the identity of the vehicle from an identification device, wherein the identification device is located in or on the vehicle or wherein the identification device is built into the vehicle'"'"'s electronic system.
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12. A method of identifying parked vehicles having an expired parking status comprising:
receiving information from a server and displaying the information on a portable checking terminal, wherein the information is associated with a plurality of parked vehicles and wherein the information comprises any of;
approximate location of the parked vehicles on a geographic map;
parking session start and end or expected end times;
parking session status;
expired;
parking session status;
unexpired or parking session status;
expected-expired; and
vehicle attributes selected from electronic identity, license plate number, make/model/color and vehicle image.- View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of payment for parking a vehicle in gated garages using a wireless communications device comprising:
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automatically sensing a parking location using a positioning technology; providing corrections to the parking location with a parking application when desired, wherein providing corrections comprises the user selecting one of a set of garages with specified names or other identification; wirelessly transmitting the parking location and a vehicle identification or user identification to a server as inputs for starting a parking session with the wireless communications device; and conveying confirmation of a payment as a data set to the wireless communications device and to a terminal configured to be used by a garage employee. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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