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System for and method of automating parking payment by using electronic tags

  • US 7,598,870 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2004
  • Issued: 10/06/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for automating parking payment by utilising user terminals provided with wireless communication functionalities allowing access to a wireless communication network, comprising:

  • readers/writers of electronic tags, said readers/writers being associated with the user terminals;

    electronic tags to be carried on users'"'"' vehicles, each tag having electronic circuitry where a respective identification code is stored and into which a user can input information concerning a parking event by means of his/her terminal; and

    a parking service management center directly accessible by the user terminals through said network and comprising a data base for storing the electronic tag identification codes as well as information about payments related to a specific tag, wherein the parking service management center comprises a processing unit arranged to receive through the wireless communication network from a user intending to park, the identification code of a tag read by means of the user terminal, together with information about a desired parking duration and possibly a parking location.

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