Method and System for Social Monitoring of a Parking Facility

• US 20150178996A1
• Filed: 06/18/2013
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Passport Labs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Passport Labs, Inc.
• Inventors: YOUAKIM, CHARLIE, YOUAKIM, ROBERT, GUTIERREZ, KHRISTIAN
• Application Number:
  US14/120,431
• Publication Number:
  US 20150178996A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/12 Accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00

Abstract

A system for the social monitoring of parking, comprising a user interface on a mobile device or on-site parking hardware where the general public can access real-time data of the authorized and unauthorized activity of motorists parked in specific parking stalls or locations in the vicinity. The system provides a means for reporting unauthorized activity to the parking provider (an operator or parking owner of a facility). The parking provider will also have real-time access to the information being reported. The parking provider will receive information about which motorists are in violation of any rules and regulations, and thus target where to issue citations or immobilize the vehicle as a penalty.

Claims

1. A system for social monitoring of a parking facility, comprising:

one or more devices located in proximity to at least one parking facility, each device comprising a processor or microprocessor and in electronic communication through a network with one or more parking system servers;

wherein a user interacting with said one or more devices can determine in real-time if a vehicle parked in said at least one parking facility is in compliance with facility rules regarding payment, and report said vehicle in real-time to the parking system servers if the vehicle is not in compliance.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more devices comprises a kiosk.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said one or more devices comprises a mobile computing device.