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Parking service

  • US 9,805,602 B2
  • Filed: 07/21/2014
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle system comprising:

  • a communication interface; and

    a processing device programmed to determine a proximity of a host vehicle to a target location and command the communication interface to transmit the target location to a parking server upon determining that the proximity to the target location is less than a predetermined value,wherein the processing device is programmed to receive a message identifying at least one parking zone, among a plurality of parking zones, from the parking server, and process the message,wherein the plurality of parking zones are ranked according to an estimated number of available parking spaces based at least in part on an amount of traffic into and out of the at least one parking zone and according to a user preference received at the host vehicle and transmitted to the parking server, wherein a weight of the user preference in the ranking of the plurality of parking zones is based on a probability that a parking space will be available in the parking zone upon arrival of the host vehicle, andwherein processing the message includes the processing device listing the plurality of parking zones in the host vehicle according to the rank.

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