System and method for assessing parking space occupancy and for reserving same

A method and apparatus for determining the availability of a plurality of parking spaces and of reserving one or more of such available parking spaces is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting data indicating an occupancy status of at least a subset of the plurality of parking spaces...

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Hauptverfasser: TILLOTSON BRIAN J, COBLEIGH KENNETH A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method and apparatus for determining the availability of a plurality of parking spaces and of reserving one or more of such available parking spaces is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting data indicating an occupancy status of at least a subset of the plurality of parking spaces; generating a parking database describing an availability of one or more of the parking spaces from the accepted data; accepting a request from a user, the request being for data describing the availability of the one or more of the parking spaces from the parking database; and providing the data describing availability of the one or more of the parking spaces to the user.