US 11,688,205 C1 (12,865th)
Parking meter system
Thomas G. Hudson, Tonka Bay, MN (US); Joseph M. Caldwell, Chanhassen, MN (US); and Richard C. Gage, Orono, MN (US)
Filed by Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Assigned to MUNICIPAL PARKING SERVICES, INC., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,636, Aug. 28, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,688,205, issued Jun. 27, 2023, Appl. No. 17/671,428, Feb. 14, 2022.
Application 90/019,636 is a continuation of application No. 16/900,987, filed on Jun. 14, 2020, granted, now 11,257,302.
Application 16/900,987 is a continuation of application No. 16/579,816, filed on Sep. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,685,501.
Application 16/579,816 is a continuation of application No. 16/195,828, filed on Nov. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,424,125.
Application 16/195,828 is a continuation of application No. 15/714,916, filed on Sep. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,134,201.
Application 15/714,916 is a continuation of application No. 14/164,177, filed on Jan. 25, 2014, granted, now 9,773,351.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/887,319, filed on Oct. 4, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/887,324, filed on Oct. 4, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/794,596, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/756,854, filed on Jan. 25, 2013.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Mar. 17, 2025.
Int. Cl. G07B 15/02 (2011.01); G07F 17/24 (2006.01)
CPC G07B 15/02 (2013.01) [G07F 17/246 (2013.01)]
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AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 16-20 is confirmed.
Claims 1-15 were not reexamined.
16. A method of monitoring and managing parking in a parking facility having an entrance and an exit, the method comprising:
capturing image data of a vehicle entering the parking facility and transmitting the image data to a remote networked computer system;
recording a time of entry for the vehicle entering the parking facility;
determining an identification of the vehicle entering the parking facility;
capturing image data of the vehicle exiting the parking facility and transmitting the image data to the remote networked computer system;
recording a time of exit for the vehicle exiting the parking facility;
determining an identification of the vehicle exiting the parking facility;
determining that a parking violation has occurred due to a time period expiring without the vehicle exiting the facility prior the time period expiring; and
issuing a parking violation notice automatically by the remote networked computer system.