PARKING SPOT ALLOCATION
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1. A system, comprising:
- a storage module that stores user profile information;
a communication module that receives user identification and location of a user from a first beacon associated with a parking structure, and transmits at least one parking spot or parking spot offer to the first beacon; and
a parking allocation module that retrieves a user profile based on the user identification and causes at least one parking spot or parking spot offer to be provided to the user based on the user profile and location of the user.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for allocating a parking spot to a user are described. When a user enters a parking structure, the user'"'"'s device is detected by a beacon. The beacon identifies the user, and passes the user'"'"'s identification and location to a service provider. In some embodiments, the service provider assigns a parking spot to the user based on a user profile associated with the user identification and location. In other embodiments, the service provider transmits the user identification and/or profile information to a merchant. The merchant can then submit parking spot offers for different parking spots at different prices with different incentives.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a storage module that stores user profile information; a communication module that receives user identification and location of a user from a first beacon associated with a parking structure, and transmits at least one parking spot or parking spot offer to the first beacon; and a parking allocation module that retrieves a user profile based on the user identification and causes at least one parking spot or parking spot offer to be provided to the user based on the user profile and location of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for allocating a parking spot to a user, comprising:
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receiving, by a communication module of a service provider, from a first beacon associated with a parking structure, user identification and location of a user from a user device; determining, by a parking allocation module of the service provider, one or more merchants in a vicinity of the user based on the received location; retrieving, by the parking allocation module, a user profile associated with the user identification; assigning, by the parking allocation module, a parking spot to the user based on the determined one or more merchants and the user profile; and transmitting, by the communication module to the first beacon, the assigned parking spot. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising executable modules which, in response to execution by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:
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receiving, by a communication module from a first beacon positioned at an entry point of a parking structure, user identification and location of a user; retrieving, by a parking allocation module, a user profile associated with the user identification; transmitting, by the communication module to a merchant proximate to the user, the user identification, user profile, or both; receiving, by the communication module from the merchant, a parking spot offer comprising a parking spot, a price for the parking spot, and an incentive for the parking spot; and transmitting, by the communication module to the first beacon, the parking spot offer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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