SYSTEM FOR PARKING PAYMENT USING A MOBILE DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method performed by a mobile device, the method comprising:
- reading encoded parking session data that is being displayed on a display apparatus of a parking payment kiosk;
decoding the encoded parking session data;
transmitting the decoded parking session data along with one or more of user identification data or vehicle data to a remote server; and
receiving a response from the remote server, the response indicating whether a parking session at a location controlled by the PPK is authorized.
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Abstract
Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems relating to a mobile device payment system for parking payment kiosks (“PPKs”). Among the example embodiments disclosed herein are parking payment kiosks that use mobile devices for payment. Embodiments of the disclosed technology can be used to improve the basic parking process by reducing the amount of time that the driver has to interact with the kiosk. Embodiments of the disclosed technology can also be used to minimize the labor required by parking enforcement. Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise an access control and payment system that uses a customer'"'"'s internet-connected mobile device and a display apparatus on the PPK.
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20 Claims
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1. A method performed by a mobile device, the method comprising:
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reading encoded parking session data that is being displayed on a display apparatus of a parking payment kiosk; decoding the encoded parking session data; transmitting the decoded parking session data along with one or more of user identification data or vehicle data to a remote server; and receiving a response from the remote server, the response indicating whether a parking session at a location controlled by the PPK is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method performed by computing hardware, comprising:
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receiving data transmitted from a mobile device, the data comprising parking session data indicating at least an identity of a parking payment kiosk and one or more of user identification data or vehicle data, the user identification data indicating at least an identity of a user at the parking payment kiosk (“
PPK”
), the vehicle data indicating an identity of a vehicle associated with the user;determining whether to authorize a parking session at the PPK for the user, wherein the determining is based at least in part on the received data; and transmitting an indication of whether the parking session is authorized to the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method performed by hardware in a parking payment kiosk (“
- PPK”
), the method comprising;displaying encoded parking session data on a display device of the PPK; and receiving an indication from a remote computer of whether parking at a location controlled by the PPK and associated with the encoded parking session data is authorized. - View Dependent Claims (14)
- PPK”
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15. A system, comprising:
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a parking payment kiosk (“
PPK”
) comprising a display apparatus and computing hardware, the computing hardware being programmed to display encoded parking session data on the display apparatus;non-transitory computer-readable media storing processor-executable instructions for a mobile payment application (“
MPA”
), which when executed by a processor in a mobile device cause the mobile device to;
(a) read and decode the encoded parking session data on the PPK display apparatus, (b) create a dataset comprising the parking session data, user identification data, and vehicle data, and (c) transmit the dataset; anda server comprising computing hardware programmed to process payment for a parking session based on the dataset and to notify a user whose mobile device transmitted the dataset that payment has been processed and that parking is authorized, the notification being performed via the MPA on the user'"'"'s mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A parking payment kiosk (“
- PPK”
) comprising;a display apparatus; and a computer processor, the computer processor being programmed to cause a unique parking session code to be displayed on the display apparatus upon a user requesting a parking session but before authorization of the parking session, the unique parking session code being displayed as a two-dimensional barcode.
- PPK”
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