IP Library Granted Patent US 8,791,838
Granted Patent B2
US 8,791,838 · App. 13/443,354 · Granted Jul 29, 2014

Parking resource management

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Patent No.
US 8,791,838
App. No.
13/443,354
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for parking based route navigation and/or parking resource management are disclosed to facilitate navigation to parking spots associated with a destination and/or management of respective parking spots. Navigation may be provided to a parking spot based upon parking criteria (e.g., such as distance to a destination and/or costs associated with the parking spot). Additionally, navigation (e.g., instructions, alternate transport, such as public transit) from the parking spot to the destination may be provided. Parking spots may be reserved by a parking management system based upon reservations received through a parking based route navigation system. Travelers may be re-routed based upon parking factors (e.g., traffic around a parking location, parking density, etc.). Accordingly, travelers may be routed to a destination in a more efficient manner and/or a management system may price and/or allocate parking spots in a desired manner.

Claims (43)

1. A method, comprising:

aggregating parking information associated with one or more parking spots to a parking data feed to generate aggregated parking information;

providing the aggregated parking information to a user;

receiving a reservation for a first parking spot of the one or more parking spots from the user;

monitoring a location of the user relative to the first parking spot responsive to the receiving; and

updating the reservation responsive to determining that the user will not arrive at the first parking spot by a time specified in the reservation based at least in part on the monitoring, at least some of the method implemented at least in part via a processing unit.

2. The method of claim 1 , the aggregating parking information comprising monitoring one or more parking meters.

3. The method of claim 1 , the updating comprising releasing the reservation for the first parking spot.

4. The method of claim 1 , the updating comprising:

reserving a second parking spot of the one or more parking spots for the user; and

rerouting the user to the second parking spot.

5. The method of claim 1 , at least some of the one or more parking spots associated with one or more parking spot coordinates.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising providing an alert based at least in part on a proximity to the first parking spot.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising updating the parking data feed by marking the first parking spot as unavailable based at least in part on at least one of the reservation.

8. The method of claim 1 , the monitoring comprising monitoring GPS feedback associated with the user.

9. The method of claim 1 , the providing comprising providing a map of at least one of one or more available parking spots, one or more reserved parking spots, or one or more taken parking spots.

10. The method of claim 4 , the rerouting comprising rerouting the user based at least in part on traffic.

11. A system for managing parking resources, comprising:

one or more processing units; and

memory comprising instructions that when executed by at least one of the one or more processing units perform a method, comprising

aggregating parking information associated with one or more parking spots to a parking data feed to generate aggregated parking information;

providing the aggregated parking information to a user;

receiving a reservation for a first parking spot of the one or more parking spots from the user;

monitoring a location of the user relative to the first parking spot responsive to the receiving; and

updating the reservation responsive to determining that the user will not arrive at the first parking spot by a time specified in the reservation based at least in part on the monitoring.

12. The system of claim 11 , the aggregating parking information comprising monitoring one or more parking meters.

13. The system of claim 11 , the updating comprising releasing the reservation for the first parking spot.

14. The system of claim 11 , the updating comprising:

reserving a second parking spot of the one or more parking spots for the user; and

rerouting the user to the second parking spot.

15. The system of claim 11 , at least some of the one or more parking spots associated with one or more parking spot coordinates.

16. The system of claim 11 , the method comprising providing an alert based at least in part on a proximity to the first parking spot.

17. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed perform acts, comprising:

aggregating parking information associated with one or more parking spots to a parking data feed to generate aggregated parking information;

providing the aggregated parking information to a user;

receiving a reservation for a first parking spot of the one or more parking spots from the user;

monitoring a location of the user relative to the first parking spot responsive to the receiving; and

updating the reservation responsive to determining that the user will not arrive at the first parking spot by a time specified in the reservation based at least in part on the monitoring.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the providing comprising providing the aggregated parking information based at least in part on an anticipated arrival time of the user to a region spatially proximate the one or more parking spots.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the updating comprising:

reserving a second parking spot of the one or more parking spots for the user; and

rerouting the user to the second parking spot.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , the updating comprising identifying the second parking spot based at least in part on a desired parking distribution.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2023
From: RUNWAY GROWTH FINANCE CORP. (F/K/A RUNWAY GROWTH CREDIT FUND INC.)
To: INRIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 064159/0320 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2019
From: ORIX GROWTH CAPITAL, LLC (F/K/A ORIX VENTURES, LLC)
To: INRIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 049921/0108 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2019
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: INRIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 049925/0055 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2019
From: INRIX, INC.
To: RUNWAY GROWTH CREDIT FUND INC.
Reel/Frame 049879/0427 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2014
From: INRIX, INC.
To: ORIX VENTURES, LLC
Reel/Frame 033875/0978 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2014
From: INRIX, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 033258/0236 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2012
From: SCOFIELD, CHRISTOPHER L.; PARIKH, KUSH G.
To: INRIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 028020/0919 →