WIRELESS PARKING REGISTER/PAYMENT AND VIOLATION NOTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for automatically managing parking payment and enforcement, said method comprising:
- determining a number of vehicles in a parking zone from real-time data acquired regarding said vehicles located in said parking zone;
calculating a number of said vehicles in said parking zone that are paid to a parking meter associated with said parking zone;
calculating a number of said vehicles that have an open account for payment; and
comparing said number of said vehicles in said parking zone with said number of vehicles in said parking zone that are paid with respect to a current time, with said number of vehicles that have an open account for payment to determine unpaid violations if said number of vehicles in said parking zone exceeds said number of vehicles that are paid, registered to pay, and having an account to pay.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for automatically managing parking payment and enforcement. In general, real-time data regarding vehicles located in a parking zone can be acquired. The number of vehicles in the parking zone can be determined from the acquired real-time data. From such data, the number of vehicles in the parking zone that are paid can be calculated. Then, an operation can be implemented to compare the number of the vehicles in the parking zone with the number of vehicles in the parking zone that are paid with respect to the current time to determine unpaid violations if the number of vehicles in the parking zone exceeds the number of vehicles that are paid.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for automatically managing parking payment and enforcement, said method comprising:
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determining a number of vehicles in a parking zone from real-time data acquired regarding said vehicles located in said parking zone; calculating a number of said vehicles in said parking zone that are paid to a parking meter associated with said parking zone; calculating a number of said vehicles that have an open account for payment; and comparing said number of said vehicles in said parking zone with said number of vehicles in said parking zone that are paid with respect to a current time, with said number of vehicles that have an open account for payment to determine unpaid violations if said number of vehicles in said parking zone exceeds said number of vehicles that are paid, registered to pay, and having an account to pay. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for automatically managing parking payment and enforcement, said system comprising:
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a processor; a data bus coupled to said processor; and a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer-usable medium being coupled to said data bus, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for; determining a number of vehicles in a parking zone from real-time data acquired regarding said vehicles located in said parking zone; calculating a number of said vehicles in said parking zone that are paid to a parking meter associated with said parking zone; calculating a number of said vehicles that have an open account for payment; and comparing said number of said vehicles in said parking zone with said number of vehicles in said parking zone that are paid with respect to a current time, with said number of vehicles that have an open account for payment to determine unpaid violations if said number of vehicles in said parking zone exceeds said number of vehicles that are paid, registered to pay, and having an account to pay. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a process for automatically managing parking payment and enforcement, said code comprising code to:
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determine a number of vehicles in a parking zone from real-time data acquired regarding said vehicles located in said parking zone; calculate a number of said vehicles in said parking zone that are paid to a parking meter associated with said parking zone; calculate a number of said vehicles that have an open account for payment; and compare said number of said vehicles in said parking zone with said number of vehicles in said parking zone that are paid with respect to a current time, with said number of vehicles that have an open account for payment to determine unpaid violations if said number of vehicles in said parking zone exceeds said number of vehicles that are paid, registered to pay, and having an account to pay. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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