Mobile phone and cloud based virtualized parking meter system
US10891806B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/246
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a virtualized parking meter system using the GPS location information of a user's mobile phone, cloud-based servers, databases and software application programs. A user application program is installed in the user's mobile phone. In response to receiving the GPS location data of the mobile phone from the application program the server generates and sends a virtualized map of one or more blocks in the neighborhood of the user. The virtualized map is created by superimposing space numbers assigned to the parking spaces on a commercially available map. The user selects a parking space and indicates a parking duration via the application program. The system collects payment using an online payment method for the duration and starts a timer. The system sends parking status of one or more block in response to a query from the parking system operator.
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