Parking system

1. A method of managing a parking system comprising:

receiving a request for a parking location for a vehicle from a mobile device;

calculating availability probabilities for a plurality of potentially available spots;

selecting one potentially available spot from the plurality of potentially available spots for the vehicle based on a combination of a subscription status of the user, the availability probability, a location of the vehicle, and a destination;

guiding the vehicle to the potentially available spot;

detecting when a user stops driving, and gets out of the vehicle at an actual parking spot; and

marking the actual parking spot as occupied;

wherein calculating the availability probability is based on a time since the potentially available parking spot was marked available.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the marking comprises:

marking the actual parking spot as occupied; and

marking a location of the actual parking spot in a guidance system to provide directions to the user back to the actual parking spot.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving a request comprises determining that the user has arrived at a designated destination, and determining that the user needs to park.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

providing ambulatory guidance to the user, from the parking spot to the designated destination.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determining comprises receiving an indication from the user requesting a parking location.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the available spot comprises:

receiving data about a user's destination;

identifying one or more potential spots within a reasonable distance of the user's destination; and

selecting the available spot from the one or more potential spots based on a factor.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the factor comprises proximity to the user's destination.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing guidance to the actual parking spot for the user; and

making the parking spot as available when the user leaves the parking spot.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

when the user leaves the parking spot, marking the parking spot as available.

10. A parking system comprising:

a communication system in a mobile device to send a request for a parking location for a vehicle and to receive information regarding a selected available spot, the probable available spot selected based from a plurality of potentially available spots based on a calculation of availability probability for the plurality of potential spots and a location of the vehicle, wherein the availability probability is calculated based on a subscription status of the user, a time since the spot was marked available;

a driving guidance system configured to guide a user to the selected available spot;

user transition identifier to use data from one or more sensors to detect when the user stops driving, and gets out of the vehicle at a parking spot; and

ambulatory guidance system to mark the parking spot as occupied, and calculate a return path to the parking spot for the user.

11. The parking system of claim 10 , further comprising:

the communication system to send the parking spot to a parking server, the parking server to mark the parking spot as occupied.

12. The parking system of claim 10 , wherein the request is sent in response to determining that the user has arrived at a designated destination, and determining that the user needs to park.

13. The parking system of claim 12 , further comprising:

the ambulatory guidance system further to provide ambulatory guidance to the user from the parking spot to the designated destination.

14. The parking system of claim 12 , wherein the determining comprises receiving an indication from the user requesting a parking location.

15. The parking system of claim 10 , wherein a server provides the available spot by identifying one or more potential spots within a reasonable distance of the user's destination, and selecting the available spot from the one or more potential spots based on a factor.

16. The parking system of claim 10 , wherein the factor comprises proximity to the user's destination.

17. The parking system of claim 10 , further comprising:

the ambulatory guidance system to provide guidance to the marked parking spot for the user; and

the communication system to send data marking the parking spot as available to the server when the user leaves the parking spot.

18. The parking system of claim 10 , further comprising:

the communication system further to automatically receive a bill for the parking from an integrated billing service which calculates a time between when the user parked in the parking spot and when the user left the parking spot.

19. A parking server comprising:

a communication logic to receive a request for a parking spot from a user device;

a spot vacancy calculator to calculate an availability probability for a plurality of potentially available parking spots, the availability probability based on time since the parking spot was marked available;

an available spot identifier to identify the plurality of potentially available parking spots for the user, and select one potentially available parking spot based on: a subscription status of the user, a destination of the user, a location of the user, and the availability probability of the potentially available parking spot;

the communication logic to provide a location of the potentially available parking spot to a guidance system in the user device;

a driving guidance system configured to guide a user to the potentially available spot;

the communication system receiving information about an actual parking spot from the user device, the actual parking spot identified based on a location where the user stopped driving and got out of the vehicle at; and

a parking spot availability tracker to mark the actual parking spot as occupied.

20. The parking server of claim 19 , further comprising:

an integrated billing service to calculate a time between when the user parked in the parking spot and when the user left the parking spot, and automatically complete billing.

21. The parking system of claim 10 , further comprising:

upon marking the parking location as occupied in the ambulatory guidance system, the communication logic to communicate to a server that the parking location is occupied.