Systems and methods for providing alerts regarding expiration of authorized parking
First Claim
1. A method of providing a parking expiration alert, the method comprising:
- receiving image data corresponding to a photograph of a display of parking information comprising temporal restrictions for authorized parking in a parking location, the photograph captured via a mobile communications device;
processing the image data to determine an estimated parking expiration time corresponding to a time when authorization for parking within the parking location will expire;
substantially continuously tracking a current location of the mobile communications device and determining an estimated return time corresponding to an estimated time required to travel to the given parking location from the current location of the mobile communications device; and
in response to determining that the estimated return time is about equal to or greater than the estimated parking expiration time, providing a parking expiration alert indicative of the estimated return time being determined to be about equal to or greater than the estimated parking expiration time, the parking expiration alert configured to be presented via the user interface of the mobile communications device.
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Abstract
A method including receiving image data corresponding to a photograph of a display of parking information including temporal restrictions for authorized parking in a parking location, the photograph captured via a mobile communications device, processing the image data to determine an estimated parking expiration time corresponding to a time when authorization for parking within the parking location will expire, substantially continuously tracking a current location of the mobile communications device and determining an estimated return time corresponding to an estimated time required to travel to the given parking location from the current location of the mobile communications device and, in response to determining that the estimated return time is about equal to or greater than the estimated parking expiration time, providing a parking expiration alert indicative of the estimated return time being determined to be about equal to or greater than the estimated parking expiration time.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing a parking expiration alert, the method comprising:
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receiving image data corresponding to a photograph of a display of parking information comprising temporal restrictions for authorized parking in a parking location, the photograph captured via a mobile communications device; processing the image data to determine an estimated parking expiration time corresponding to a time when authorization for parking within the parking location will expire; substantially continuously tracking a current location of the mobile communications device and determining an estimated return time corresponding to an estimated time required to travel to the given parking location from the current location of the mobile communications device; and in response to determining that the estimated return time is about equal to or greater than the estimated parking expiration time, providing a parking expiration alert indicative of the estimated return time being determined to be about equal to or greater than the estimated parking expiration time, the parking expiration alert configured to be presented via the user interface of the mobile communications device.
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2. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving image data corresponding to a photographic image acquired via a mobile communications device, the photographic image comprising an image of physically displayed parking information associated with a parking location, the parking information indicative of temporal limitations for parking within the parking location; determining a parking expiration time based on the image data, the parking expiration time being indicative of a time when authorization for parking within the parking location will expire; and providing, to the mobile communications device, expiration data indicative of the parking expiration time, an indication of the parking expiration time configured to be presented to a user via a user interface of the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer-executable program instructions stored thereon, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause steps comprising:
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receiving image data corresponding to a photographic image acquired via a mobile communications device, the photographic image comprising an image of physically displayed parking information associated with a parking location, the parking information indicative of temporal limitations for parking within the parking location; determining a parking expiration time based on the image data, the parking expiration time being indicative of a time when authorization for parking within the parking location will expire; and providing, to the mobile communications device, expiration data indicative of the parking expiration time, an indication of the parking expiration time configured to be presented via a user interface of the mobile communications device.
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20. A system, comprising:
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a processor; a memory; and a parking management module stored on the memory, the parking management module configured to be executed by the processor to cause; receiving image data corresponding to a photographic image acquired via a mobile communications device, the photographic image comprising an image of physically displayed parking information associated with a parking location, the parking information indicative of temporal limitations for parking within the parking location; determining a parking expiration time based on the image data, the parking expiration time being indicative of a time when authorization for parking within the parking location will expire; and providing, to the mobile communications device, expiration data indicative of the parking expiration time, an indication of the parking expiration time configured to be presented via a user interface of the mobile communications device.
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