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Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for facilitating reservation for a parking space with a near field communication-enabled device

  • US 9,697,651 B2
  • Filed: 06/28/2011
  • Issued: 07/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for facilitating reservation for a parking space with a near field communications (NFC)-enabled device, the system comprising:

  • an NFC-enabled parking meter associated with a parking space;

    a controller for measuring time and processing payment, wherein the controller is disposed in the NFC-enabled parking meter; and

    an NFC-enabled device that upon interfacing with the NFC-enabled parking meter via NFC communicates with the controller to create a reservation of the parking space and upon a subsequent interfacing with the NFC-enabled parking meter via NFC provides payment for use of the parking space to the NFC-enabled parking meter from a wallet application on the NFC-enabled device, wherein the controller does not communicate payment related data to a backend server that is located external to the NFC-enabled parking meter, and wherein the controller provides location specific marketing associated with local establishments in a vicinity of the parking space for display on the NFC-enabled device upon the interfacing of the NFC-enabled device with the NFC-enabled parking meter to create the reservation of the parking space.

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