Granted Patent B2

US 12,633,216 · App. 18/838,479 · Granted May 19, 2026

Inventor: Nazar Kamangar (Walnut Creek, CA)

G08G1/141G06Q10/02G07B15/02G06Q2240/00

Abstract

Claims (17)

1 . A parking management and enforcement (PME) system for managing parking at a plurality of parking spaces, the PME system comprising:

a controller, wherein the controller is in signal communication with a sensor located proximate to a parking space of the plurality of parking spaces, and the sensor is configured to determine the presence of a vehicle in the parking space; and

a server in signal communication with the controller, wherein the server comprises a computer-readable medium having executable instructions; and

a processor, in signal communication with the communications interface and the computer-readable medium, the processor configured to perform operations based on the executable instructions that include:

receiving a parking request from a user via a mobile client device;

determining an available parking space for the user using a parking space database;

receiving electronic payment for the available parking space from the user; and reserving the available parking space for the user with a scheduler;

updating the parking space database with the reserved available parking space allocated to the user at a requested time received from the user,

confirming that a vehicle from the user has parked at the reserved available parking space at the requested time,

determining a time expiration for the reserved available parking space based on the requested time received from the user that includes a requested parking time for the user to utilize the reserved available parking space,

receiving a request from the user to exit prior to the time expiration and offer a remaining time for the reserved available parking space for resell to third-parties, wherein the remaining time is equal to the time expiration time less than the exit time requested by the user,

updating the parking space database with the reserved available parking space allocated to the user at the exit time,

determining if the vehicle leaves the reserved available parking space at the exit time,

determining if a third-party has requested and electronically paid for the reserved parking space at the exit time,

updating the parking space database with the reserved available parking space allocated to the third-party, and

calculating a monetary credit amount for the user from an electronic payment for the available parking space by the third-party, the exit time, and the time expiration.

2 . The PME system of claim 1 , further including storing identifying information for the third-party, identifying information for a vehicle of the third-party, electronic payment information for the third-party, and the monetary credit amount for the third-party.

Continuity (2)

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