Predictive placement of mobile platforms
A public exposure monitored media projection system is presented made up of a media projection subsystem that is configured for attachment to a mobile platform, and which may be selectively enabled. A monitoring subsystem measures public exposure to projected media and supplies exposure measurements. A communications subsystem accepts verification information including media projection subsystem enablement and the exposure measurements. A handicap subsystem offsets the media value associated with the enablement of the media projection subsystem, which is calculated in response to the exposure measurements. Typically, a rewards subsystem provides a reward to an entity (e.g., the media projection subsystem (MPS) owner) in response to the media value offset by the exposure measurement. The system may also include a publically accessible access point, a location subsystem, and a targeting subsystem for selecting a media projection subsystem target geographic location.
1 . A computer-implemented system for predicting and validating parking location availability for mobile platforms, comprising:
a server including at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the server to:
receive, via a targeting interface, a geographic region selection defined by machine-readable spatial coordinate data and selected from a plurality of candidate geographic regions stored in the memory;
process, by a parking vacancy prediction subsystem using data selected from the group consisting of historical parking occupancy data, real-time sensor data, and temporal data associated with the selected geographic region, to generate a predicted vacant parking location within the selected geographic region;
transmit the predicted vacant parking location to a mobile platform over a wireless communications network;
receive, from the mobile platform via the wireless communications subsystem, verification data including machine-readable geographic location data generated by a location sensor of the mobile platform after parking; and,
compare, by the parking vacancy prediction subsystem, the received geographic location data of the mobile platform with at least one of: (i) the predicted vacant parking location, and (ii) a boundary of the selected geographic region to determine a spatial correspondence indicative of prediction accuracy.
2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the targeting interface, subsequent to the server accepting the verification data, accepts a release request and supplies the release request to the server wireless communications subsystem;
wherein the server wireless communications subsystem receives the release request, supplies the release request to the mobile platform, and receives an acknowledgement from the mobile platform that the release request has been received and including the mobile platform actual location.
3 . The system of claim 1 wherein the targeting interface receives a mobile platform type selected from the group consisting of a ground-based vehicle and an airborne vehicle.
4 . The system of claim 1 further comprising the mobile platform comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory memory;
position sensors;
a location subsystem;
a navigation unit including an autonomous driving application stored in the memory enabled as a sequence of processor executable steps for autonomously driving the mobile platform to the predicted vacant parking space in response to position sensor and location subsystem data.
5 . The system of claim 1 further comprising the mobile platform comprising:
a media subsystem selected from the group consisting of a media projection subsystem, a publically accessible access point (AP) selected from the group consisting of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wireless personal area network (WPAN), or both WLAN and WPAN devices, or both an AP and a media projection subsystem.
6 . The system of claim 5 wherein the media subsystem projects a media message responsive to the mobile platform parking location.
7 . The system of claim 1 further comprising:
a mobile scouting subsystem comprising:
a monitoring subsystem of sensors, having an interface to collect machine-readable vacancy data and an interface to supply the collected vacancy data;
a wireless communications subsystem to accept the collected vacancy data and an interface to supply the collected vacancy data to the server; and,
wherein the server parking vacancy prediction subsystem accepts the collected vacancy data and updates accuracy metrics associated with predicted vacant parking locations.
8 . The system of claim 1 wherein the targeting interface accepts a mobile platform type selection associated with the geographic region selection; and,
wherein the server parking vacancy prediction subsystem updates predicted vacant parking locations in response to the mobile platform type selection.
9 . The system of claim 1 further comprising:
the mobile platform comprising:
a monitoring system for taking measurements of local conditions proximate to the mobile platform, and transmitting machine-readable local condition data via the wireless communications subsystem to the server system; and,
wherein the parking vacancy prediction subsystem generates predicted vacant parking locations accuracy metrics in response to the local condition data.
10 . A computer-implemented method for predicting and validating parking location availability for mobile platforms, comprising:
a server system targeting interface receiving a geographic region selection defined by machine-readable spatial coordinate data and selected from a plurality of candidate geographic regions stored in a non-transitory memory;
a parking vacancy prediction subsystem enabled as machine-executable instructions memory predicting a vacant parking location within the selected geographic region using data selected from the group consisting of historical parking occupancy data, real-time sensor data, and temporal data associated with the selected geographic region to generate a predicted vacant parking location within the selected geographic region;
transmitting the predicted vacant parking location to a mobile platform;
receiving, from the mobile platform, verification data including machine-readable geographic location data generated by a location sensor of the mobile platform after parking; and,
comparing, by the parking vacancy prediction subsystem, the received geographic location data of the mobile platform with at least one of: (i) the predicted vacant parking location, and (ii) a boundary of the selected geographic region to determine a spatial correspondence indicative of prediction accuracy.
11 . The method of claim 10 further comprising:
a mobile platform monitoring system measuring local conditions proximate to the mobile platform;
transmitting machine-readable local condition data to the server system; and,
wherein the vacancy prediction subsystem predicting vacant parking locations includes updating vacant parking locations accuracy metrics in response to the local condition data.
12 . The method of claim 10 further comprising:
the targeting interface, subsequent to the server receiving the verification data, receiving a release request for the mobile platform parking location;
the parking vacancy prediction subsystem, via the server wireless communications subsystem, transmitting the release request to the mobile platform; and
the parking vacancy prediction subsystem receiving, via the server wireless communications subsystem, an acknowledgement from the mobile platform that the release request has been received and including the mobile platform actual location.
13 . The method of claim 10 further comprising:
the targeting interface receiving a selection for a mobile platform selected from the group consisting of a ground-based vehicle and an airborne vehicle.
14 . The method of claim 10 further comprising:
autonomously driving the mobile platform to the predicted vacant parking space in response to a mobile platform autonomous driving application, location data, and position sensor data.
15 . The method of claim 10 further comprising:
a mobile platform media subsystem, selected from the group consisting of a media projection subsystem, a publically accessible access point (AP) selected from the group consisting of a wireless local area network (WLAN), wireless personal area network (WPAN), or both WLAN and WPAN devices, or both an AP and a media projection subsystem, presenting a media message.
16 . The method of claim 15 wherein the media subsystem projects a media message responsive to the mobile platform parking location.
17 . The method of claim 10 further comprising:
a mobile scouting subsystem collecting machine-readable sensor-collected vacancy data and supplying the collected vacancy data to the parking vacancy prediction subsystem; and,
the server parking vacancy prediction subsystem accepting the collected vacancy data and updating accuracy metrics associated with predicted vacant parking locations.
18 . The method of claim 10 wherein targeting interface accepts a mobile platform type selection associated with the geographic region selection; and,
wherein the parking vacancy prediction subsystem updates predicted vacant parking locations in response to the mobile platform type selection.