System and Method for Parking Management Based on Location Tracking
First Claim
1. A parking lot management system comprising a plurality of radio frequency beacons placed at predetermined locations in a parking facility;
- a smartphone application adapted to communicate with said beacons allowing the parking management system to track where a particular vehicle parked and for how long.
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Abstract
In a parking facility, a plurality of beacons are placed near the entrance and pinch points on a path to a venue. If the motorist has pre-loaded the parking application (app) and pre-registered his smartphone, vehicle, and license plate information, along with a valid credit card, then the motorist will be instructed to enter a fast-access parking entrance lane. If the pinch point has a gate, then when the registered customer'"'"'s phone approaches and sees the beacon, the phone gets the unique ID of the beacon(s) and sends the beacon ID up to the parking management server. The number of beacons along the designated path will increase with proximity to the entrance. Remote processing indicates the exact location of the motorist and then the gate can open. The motorist might need to press “open to enter” button on his phone, but in some fast-access applications this can be optional.
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1. A parking lot management system comprising a plurality of radio frequency beacons placed at predetermined locations in a parking facility;
- a smartphone application adapted to communicate with said beacons allowing the parking management system to track where a particular vehicle parked and for how long.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In a parking facility, a parking lot management system comprising a parking facility control computer, a plurality of RF beacons in the parking facility at predetermined locations, each beacon having a beacon ID;
- a downloadable application for a smartphone including executable instructions stored in the smartphone and executing on a processor in the smartphone;
wherein,the downloadable application is adapted to communicate with one or more of the beacons as a vehicle enters the parking facility and parks to read beacon IDs, the application being adapted to communicate, a beacon ID, a license plate number, a user account number and a final parking location to the parking facility control computer, the vehicle ID, license plate number and user account number being stored in the smartphone; the parking lot management system charges an account associated with the account number for parking location and time parked, a final parking location being determined from a particular beacon ID. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- a downloadable application for a smartphone including executable instructions stored in the smartphone and executing on a processor in the smartphone;
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