Wireless Vehicle Valet Management System
First Claim
1. A method of valet parking of vehicles at a parking facility, comprising:
- (a) providing a ticket to a customer for a first vehicle presented by a first customer for parking, said ticket having electronically readable indicia thereon;
(b) storing the electronically readable indicia together with vehicle identification information into a computer memory;
(c) parking the first vehicle by a first valet attendant at a first parking location in the parking facility, said first parking location having a unique electronically readable indicia identifying said first location;
(d) entering said unique electronically readable indicia identifying said first parking location into a computer memory; and
(e) electronically notifying said first parking attendant of a second vehicle in the parking facility at a second parking location which needs to be retrieved while said first parking attendant is at said first parking location or soon thereafter.
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Abstract
A wireless vehicle valet management system comprising multipart barcoded valet tickets, a plurality of wireless handheld communication devices for entering customer, vehicle and valet information and communicating it to the system, a server, software, at least one database and a communication network. The wireless handheld communication devices (also referred to herein as “handheld unit or units”) preferably comprise a cellular telephone having applications programming capability and allow simultaneous communication with a plurality of handheld units from a central dispatch location. A system and method for retrieval of a parked vehicle includes offering the retrieval assignment to the attendants who are the closest to the vehicle to be retrieved.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of valet parking of vehicles at a parking facility, comprising:
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(a) providing a ticket to a customer for a first vehicle presented by a first customer for parking, said ticket having electronically readable indicia thereon; (b) storing the electronically readable indicia together with vehicle identification information into a computer memory; (c) parking the first vehicle by a first valet attendant at a first parking location in the parking facility, said first parking location having a unique electronically readable indicia identifying said first location; (d) entering said unique electronically readable indicia identifying said first parking location into a computer memory; and (e) electronically notifying said first parking attendant of a second vehicle in the parking facility at a second parking location which needs to be retrieved while said first parking attendant is at said first parking location or soon thereafter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of retrieving parked vehicles in a parking facility having a plurality of parking attendants for parking and retrieving vehicles for customers, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing unique electronically readable indicia at each vehicle parking location in the parking facility; providing each valet attendant with an electronic wireless handheld mobile device, said device being able to read and scan said unique electronically readable indicia at said vehicle parking locations; electronically tracking the physical location of each of said valet attendants in the parking facility based on the location of each of said electronic wireless handheld mobile devices; electronically notifying at least one of said valet attendants of the parking location of a customer'"'"'s vehicle to be retrieved; said at least one of said valet attendant being the valet attendant closest in physical direction to the parking location of the vehicle to be retrieved; and retrieving the vehicle from said parking location and retrieving it to a customer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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