Airport valet communication system
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1. A valet communication system, comprising:
- a vehicle tag fitted to a vehicle and adapted for identifying the vehicle via radio frequency communication;
a stall tag fitted to a parking stall and adapted for identifying the parking stall via radio frequency communication; and
a handheld computer adapted for communicating with the vehicle tag via radio frequency communication to obtain an identification of the vehicle and for communicating with the stall tag via radio frequency communication to obtain an identification of the parking stall so as to correlate the vehicle and the parking stall in which the vehicle is parked.
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Abstract
An improved airport valet communication system is presented. The system attaches a vehicle tag to a vehicle. A stall tag is also provided and is placed somewhere within the vicinity of a parking stall. To communicate with these two tags, a handheld computer is provided by the system for communicating with the vehicle tag via radio frequency communication to obtain an identification of the vehicle and for communicating with the stall tag via radio frequency communication to obtain an identification of the parking stall so as to correlate the vehicle and the parking stall in which the vehicle is parked.
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1. A valet communication system, comprising:
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a vehicle tag fitted to a vehicle and adapted for identifying the vehicle via radio frequency communication;
a stall tag fitted to a parking stall and adapted for identifying the parking stall via radio frequency communication; and
a handheld computer adapted for communicating with the vehicle tag via radio frequency communication to obtain an identification of the vehicle and for communicating with the stall tag via radio frequency communication to obtain an identification of the parking stall so as to correlate the vehicle and the parking stall in which the vehicle is parked. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for communicating valet parking information, comprising:
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reading via short-range radio frequency a vehicle tag fitted to a vehicle to obtain an identification of the vehicle, the act of reading being executed by an attendant using a handheld computer upon receiving the vehicle from a customer;
acquiring via short-range radio frequency a stall tag fitted to a parking stall in which the vehicle is parked to obtain an identification of the parking stall, the act of acquiring being executed by the attendant using the handheld computer upon parking the vehicle in the parking stall; and
loading to a database on a main computer the identification of the vehicle and the parking stall so that the database may correlate the vehicle with the parking stall. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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