Systems and methods for internet communication of parking lot information
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1. A parking system comprising:
- a wireless communications device capable of accessing the Internet; and
a software application for receiving parking data transmitted over the Internet to the wireless communications device, wherein the parking data can be rendered by the wireless communications device as a substantially real-time representation indicating an occupancy condition of an available parking lot, and the occupancy condition changes according to presence and absence of vacant parking spaces within the available parking lot.
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Abstract
A parking system includes a wireless communications device capable of accessing a server over the Internet and a software application for receiving parking data transmitted over the Internet to the wireless communications device. The wireless communications device can render the parking data as a substantially real-time representation indicating an occupancy condition of an available parking lot. The occupancy condition changes according to presence and absence of vacant parking spaces within the available parking lot.
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1. A parking system comprising:
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a wireless communications device capable of accessing the Internet; and
a software application for receiving parking data transmitted over the Internet to the wireless communications device, wherein the parking data can be rendered by the wireless communications device as a substantially real-time representation indicating an occupancy condition of an available parking lot, and the occupancy condition changes according to presence and absence of vacant parking spaces within the available parking lot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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providing Internet access to parking data corresponding to one or more parking lots, wherein the parking data is transmitted over the Internet to one or more wireless communications devices, the parking data can be rendered using a wireless communications device as a substantially real-time representation of one or more parking lots, the substantially real-time representation indicating an occupancy condition of each of the one or more parking lots, and the occupancy condition of each parking lot changes according to presence and absence of vacant parking spaces within each parking lot. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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21. The method of clam 15, wherein the representation comprises reserved parking spaces.
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26. A system comprising:
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means for accessing the Internet through at least one wireless connection; and
means for receiving parking data through the at least one wireless connection, wherein the parking data represents a substantially real-time occupancy condition of one or more parking lots, and the occupancy condition of each of the one or more parking lots is based on presence and absence of vacant parking spaces within each of the one or more parking lots. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A system comprising:
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means for accessing the Internet through at least one wireless connection; and
means for transmitting parking data through the at least one wireless connection, wherein the parking data represents a substantially real-time occupancy condition of one or more parking lots, and the occupancy condition of each of the one or more parking lots is based on presence and absence of vacant parking spaces within each of the one or more parking lots. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51)
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52. A system comprising:
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data communications means for receiving data over a wireless connection from a server configured to provide one or more services to a subscriber; and
display means for presenting substantially real-time information based on the data received from the data communications means, wherein the server receives updated parking data over the Internet, and the display means presents a substantially real-time occupancy condition of one or more parking lots. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A parking system comprising:
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a server that is accessible over the Internet by a display device; and
a software application that instructs the server to transmit parking data over the Internet to the display device, wherein the parking data can be rendered by the display device as a substantially real-time representation, the representation comprises a map displaying a location for each of a plurality of parking lots, the representation indicates an occupancy condition for one or more of the parking lots, and the occupancy condition changes according to presence and absence of vacant parking spaces within the one or more parking lots. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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