PARKING RESTRICTION INFORMATION

• US 20130307704A1
• Filed: 04/23/2013
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chris Morales, Harry Tarnoff
• Original Assignee: Chris Morales, Harry Tarnoff
• Inventors: Morales, Chris, Tarnoff, Harry
• Application Number:
  US13/868,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20130307704A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/932.2
• 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 1/149 coupled to means for restricting the access to the parking space, e.g. authorization, access barriers, indicative lights
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

Parking restrictions are provided by an app and generates a display, which can be on the screen of a mobile smartphone, a tablet, a computer, or on a handheld or vehicle built-in navigation system screen. The app can obtain parking restrictions for current location from a database that is updated either from a centralized service or by user input. The provided parking restriction information can be used to set reminder alarms when the driver decides to park.

Claims

1. A method for using a device having a display screen, to provide parking restrictions to a user, comprising the steps of:

obtaining parking restriction information for a current location of the user and generating a display of the parking restrictions on the device display screen

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the parking restriction information is obtained from a database

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the database is updated from a centralized service by means of a web service.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the database is updated by user input.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the parking restriction information is obtained by means of an app.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the parking restriction information is used to set a reminder alarm.

6. The method of claim I wherein the device is a mobile smartphone, a tablet, a computer, or a hand-held or vehicle built-in navigation system.

8. A method for using a mobile smartphone, a tablet, a computer, or a hand-held or vehicle built-in navigation system having a display screen, to provide parking restrictions to a user, comprising the steps of:

obtaining parking restriction information by means of an app from a database for a current location of the user and generating a display of the parking restrictions on the device display screen, the database being either is updated from a centralized service by means of a web service or by user input

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the parking restriction information is used to set a reminder alarm when the driver decides to park.