PREDICTING THAT A PARKING SPACE IS ABOUT TO BE VACATED
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1. A method implementable in a computing device, the method comprising:
- obtaining an approach event, wherein the approach event is automatically generated based on sensor readings from a mobile device of a user, wherein the sensor readings are indicative of a movement of the user towards a parking location of a car of the user; and
transmitting to a second mobile device of a second user an indication that the car is estimated to vacate the parking spot.
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Abstract
A method implementable in a mobile device includes determining a driving or walking motion state of the mobile device associated with a user from at least a motion type of sensor on the mobile device and storing a parking location for a vehicle associated with the mobile device, received from a location type of sensor on the mobile device, when the mobile device changes from a driving state to a walking state.
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1. A method implementable in a computing device, the method comprising:
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obtaining an approach event, wherein the approach event is automatically generated based on sensor readings from a mobile device of a user, wherein the sensor readings are indicative of a movement of the user towards a parking location of a car of the user; and transmitting to a second mobile device of a second user an indication that the car is estimated to vacate the parking spot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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- 14. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium retaining program instructions, which program instructions when read by a processor, cause the processor to automatically generate an approach event, wherein the approach event is generated automatically based on sensor readings from a mobile device of a user, wherein the sensor readings are indicative of a movement of the user towards a parking location of a car of the user, wherein based on the approach event one or more indications are transmitted to mobile devices of other users, wherein the one or more indications indicate that the car is estimated to vacate the parking spot.
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