Internet communication of parking lot occupancy
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1. A parking system comprising:
- a server that is accessible over the Internet by a subscriber using a wireless communications device; and
a software application that instructs the server to transmit parking data over the Internet to the wireless communications device of the subscriber, wherein the parking data can be rendered by the subscriber using the wireless communications device as a substantially real-time representation indicating an occupancy condition of an available parking lot, and the occupancy condition changes according to presence and absence of vacant parking spaces within the available parking lot.
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Abstract
A server transmits parking lot occupancy information over the Internet. The parking lot occupancy information is capable of being reproduced by a remote display device as a real-time representation of the parking lot indicating vacant parking spaces. When presented with the real-time representation of the parking lot, a commuter readily can locate an available parking space or decide to search for parking elsewhere.
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1. A parking system comprising:
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a server that is accessible over the Internet by a subscriber using a wireless communications device; and
a software application that instructs the server to transmit parking data over the Internet to the wireless communications device of the subscriber, wherein the parking data can be rendered by the subscriber using the wireless communications device as a substantially real-time representation indicating an occupancy condition of an available parking lot, and the occupancy condition changes according to presence and absence of vacant parking spaces within the available parking lot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A parking system comprising:
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a server that is accessible over the Internet by a display device; and
a software application that instructs the server to transmit parking data over the Internet to the display device, wherein the parking data can be rendered by the display device as a substantially real-time representation indicating an occupancy condition of an available parking lot, the occupancy condition changes according to presence and absence of vacant parking spaces within the available parking lot, and the real-time representation comprises a map identifying a location of at least one available parking space within an available parking lot having an occupancy condition corresponding to at least one vacant parking space being present within the available parking lot. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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