Parking based route navigation

• US 8,589,065 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2012
• Issued: 11/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inrix Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Inrix Incorporated
• Inventors: Scofield, Christopher L., Parikh, Kush G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Trammell, James
• Assistant Examiner(s): SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R
• Application Number:
  US13/443,278
• Publication Number:
  US 20130268187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 701/400
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3605 Destination input or retrieval
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3685 the POI's being parking facilities

Abstract

Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for parking based route navigation and/or parking resource management are disclosed to facilitate navigation to parking spots associated with a destination and/or management of respective parking spots. Navigation may be provided to a parking spot based upon parking criteria (e.g., such as distance to a destination and/or costs associated with the parking spot). Additionally, navigation (e.g., instructions, alternate transport, such as public transit) from the parking spot to the destination may be provided. Parking spots may be reserved by a parking management system based upon reservations received through a parking based route navigation system. Travelers may be re-routed based upon parking factors (e.g., traffic around a parking location, parking density, etc.). Accordingly, travelers may be routed to a destination in a more efficient manner and/or a management system may price and/or allocate parking spots in a desired manner.

Claims

1. A method for providing parking based route navigation, comprising:

receiving a destination;

automatically enabling and disabling a parking based route navigation information output option based at least in part on one or more parking factors associated with the destination; and

providing parking based route navigation from a first location to one or more parking spots associated with the destination responsive to the option being enabled,

at least some of at least one of receiving, automatically enabling or providing implemented at least in part via a processing unit.

2. The method of claim 1, receiving the destination comprising receiving at least one of a position on a map, an address, or a point of interest.

3. The method of claim 1, providing the parking based route navigation based at least in part on a global positioning system.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising providing navigation from at least one of the one or more parking spots to the destination.

5. The method of claim 4, at least some of the navigation comprising one or more directions associated with at least one of public transit or mass transit.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising ranking at least some of the one or more parking spots based at least in part on cost.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising providing an alternative parking based route navigation from the first location to at least one of the one or more parking spots associated with the destination.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving a selection of at least one of the one or more parking spots associated with the destination; and

updating a parking data feed based at least in part on the selection.

9. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving a reservation request for at least one of the one or more parking spots associated with the destination;

and

updating a parking data feed based at least in part on the reservation request.

10. The method of claim 1, providing the parking based route navigation based at least in part on a cost associated with at least one of the one or more parking spots.

11. A system for providing parking based route navigation, comprising:

a routing component configured to receive a destination;

a parking component configured to provide parking based route navigation from a first location to one or more parking spots associated with the destination, the one or more parking spots comprising a first parking spot and a second parking spot; and

a ranking component configured to rank the first parking spot higher than the second parking spot based at least in part on at least one of a selection algorithm or one or more traveler preferences, at least some of at least one of the routing component, the parking component, or the ranking component implemented at least in part via a processing unit.

12. The system of claim 11, the routing component configured to receive at least one of a position on a map, an address, or a point of interest.

13. The system of claim 11, the parking component configured to provide the parking based route navigation based at least in part on an option for parking associated with the destination.

14. The system of claim 11, the routing component configured to provide navigation from at least one of the one or more parking spots to the destination.

15. The system of claim 14, the routing component configured to provide navigation from at least one of the one or more parking spots to the destination via one or more directions associated with at least one of public transit or mass transit.

16. The system of claim 11, the ranking component configured to rank based at least in part on cost.

17. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which when executed at least in part via a processing unit perform acts, comprising:

receiving a destination;

at least one of enabling or disabling a parking based route navigation information output option based at least in part on one or more parking factors comprising at least one of;

a likelihood of navigation to a parking spot based at least in part on the destination;

traveler data;

whether the destination is associated with at least one parking spot;

a time of day;

an anticipated arrival time;

an anticipated departure time;

a day of a week;

or

real time data associated with at least some parking spots associated with the destination; and

providing parking based route navigation from a first location to one or more parking spots associated with the destination responsive to the option being enabled.

18. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, receiving the destination comprising receiving at least one of a position on a map, an address, or a point of interest.

19. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, providing the parking based route navigation based at least in part on a global positioning system.

20. The non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, comprising providing navigation from at least some of the one or more parking spots to the destination.