System for and method of automating parking payment by using electronic tags
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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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Abstract
A system for automating parking payment including user terminals having wireless communication equipment allowing access to a wireless communication network and including readers/writers of electronic tags, electronic tags to be carried by the users on their vehicles and into which the users can input information concerning a parking event by means of their terminals; and a parking service management center connected to said network.
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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:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of automating parking payment, comprising the steps of:
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providing parking service users with user terminals allowing access to a wireless communication network and including electronic tag reading/writing capability, and with electronic tags to be carried on the users'"'"' vehicles, each tag having electronic circuitry where a respective identification code is stored; writing, by a user intending to park, information concerning a parking event into said tag by means of the user terminal; providing a parking service management center directly accessible by the users through said network, with a data base storing the tag identification codes as well as information about payments related to a specific tag; reading the tag identification code from the electronic circuitry of the tag by means of the user terminal; and setting up a communication with the service management center through said network in order to transmit said identification code to the service management center together with information about a desired parking duration and possibly about a concerned parking location. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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