Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamically managing parking space utilization
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Application No.: US14839890Application Date: 2015-08-28
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Publication No.: US10223840B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Mustansir Banatwala , David A. Brooks , Joseph A. Russo
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agent Paul S. Drake
- Main IPC: G07B15/02
- IPC: G07B15/02 ; G06Q10/00 ; G08G1/017 ; G08G1/14

Abstract:
A method for dynamically managing parking space utilization including receiving a dynamic feed of available parking spaces across a set of sectors, each parking space associated with a parking control device, each sector having a preferred utilization rate; utilizing a processor to determine that a parking utilization rate of a first sector exceeds a preferred utilization rate for the first sector; upon receiving a location based parking space reservation request from a user, the request capable of being fulfilled from a plurality of sectors, providing a list of available parking spaces meeting the request including associated prices dynamically generated, wherein parking spaces in the first sector are priced higher than parking spaces in other sectors; and upon selection of one of the provided list of available parking spaces by the user, allocating the selected parking space to the user at the provided associated price and notifying the parking control device associated with the selected parking space.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160171785A1 DYNAMICALLY MANAGING PARKING SPACE UTILIZATION Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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