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US 9,267,812 · App. 14/566,394 · Granted Feb 23, 2016

Parking option

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Patent No.
US 9,267,812
App. No.
14/566,394
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

A navigation application can be configured to output a navigation map corresponding to directions to a selected point of interest (POI). The navigation application can also be configured to detect that a location of an end-user device is within a predetermined parking proximity of the selected POI. The navigation application can further be configured to provide a request to a navigation server for parking options associated with the selected POI.

Claims (13)

1. A navigation server comprising one or more computing devices, the navigation server being configured to:

determine a parking option for a selected point of interest (POI) in response to a request from a particular end-user device;

provide parking data characterizing the parking option to the particular end-user device;

receive a parking data update from each of a plurality of end-user devices that characterizes an availability of parking of a corresponding parking area;

identify a user associated with a given end-user device of the plurality of end-user devices that provided a particular parking data update;

receive feedback from another end-user device that characterizes an accuracy of the particular parking data update; and

set a user rating for the user based on the accuracy of the particular parking data update.

2. The navigation server of claim 1 , the navigation server being further configured to receive local parking data from a parking area system that characterizes an expected real-time availability of parking at a particular parking area, wherein the expected real-time availability of parking characterizes a range of an expected number of available parking spaces at the particular parking area or an expected number available parking spaces at the parking area.

3. The navigation server of claim 1 , wherein the parking option comprises a plurality of parking options that are each within a predetermined distance from the selected POI.

4. The navigation server of claim 1 , wherein the parking data characterizes an expected cost associated with a parking area.

5. The navigation server of claim 1 , wherein the parking data further characterizes a total number of parking spaces at the parking area.

6. The navigation server of claim 1 , wherein the parking option corresponds to a parking lot or a parking garage.

7. The navigation server of claim 1 , wherein the parking option corresponds to street parking.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS AT REEL 048104/FRAME 0080 Recorded Jun 19, 2024
From: CITIBANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.; COMTECH EF DATA CORP.; COMTECH MOBILE DATACOM LLC; COMTECH SATELLITE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; COMTECH SYSTEMS, INC.; COMTECH XICOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MAPLE ACQUISITION LLC; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067780/0444 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2024
From: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
To: TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 067776/0309 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2018
From: COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.; COMTECH EF DATA CORP.; COMTECH XICOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.; COMTECH SYSTEMS, INC.; COMTECH PST CORP.; COMTECH MOBILE DATACOM CORPORATION; ANGELS ACQUISITION CORP.; ARMER COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC.; COMTECH AEROASTRO, INC.; COMTECH ANTENNA SYSTEMS, INC.; COMTECH COMMUNICATIONS CORP.; COMTECH COMSTREAM, INC.; COMTECH SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.; COMTECH TOLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; TIERNAN RADYNE COMSTREAM, INC.; COMTECH CPI ELECTRON DEVICES CORP.; COMTECH CPI MICROWAVE CORP.; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.; NETWORKS IN MOTION, INC.; SOLVERN INNOVATIONS, INC.; MICRODATA, LLC; MICRODATA GIS, INC.; MAPLE ACQUISITION LLC; NEXTGEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC., A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND; NEXTGEN COMMUNICATIONS, INC., A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA; OLIVE ACQUISITION LLC
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 048104/0080 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 10, 2014
From: SACHDEV, VINEET; FLYNN, KATHRYN
To: TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 034466/0768 →