US 12,087,098 B2
Integrated mobile parking application and smart parking meter system
Mark J. Moran, New Richmond, WI (US); Richard W. Kelley, II, Eagan, MN (US); David E. Collins, Jr., Plymouth, MN (US); Steven B. Lane, Maple Grove, MN (US); Christopher W. Baldwin, St. Paul, MN (US); Marcus N. Schmidt, Minnetonka, MN (US); John J. Leier, Brooklyn Park, MN (US); Ian T. Bui, Bloomington, MN (US); and Umarani Pandian, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed by Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,360.
Application 18/106,360 is a continuation of application No. 15/223,301, filed on Jul. 29, 2016, granted, now 11,574,507.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/199,120, filed on Jul. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0186687 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G07B 15/02 (2011.01); G07C 1/30 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01)
CPC G07B 15/02 (2013.01) [G06Q 10/02 (2013.01); G07C 1/30 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A parking monitoring system, comprising:
a plurality of parking space monitors, each of the parking space monitors comprising:
a weather resistant housing;
a processor disposed inside of the housing;
a memory disposed inside of the housing and coupled to the processor;
a network interface disposed in the housing and coupled to the processor;
a camera coupled to the processor and aimed towards a parking space to be monitored;
a central computer system networked with the plurality of parking space monitors via the network interface of each respective parking space monitor; and
a user computing device, comprising a processor, memory and graphical user interface,
wherein the user computing device is networked with the central computer system,
wherein the user computing device is configured to:
transmit to a request for parking time;
receive a purchase confirmation; and
monitor a remaining purchased parking time which is synchronized to a parking timer countdown for a particular parking space where a user has parked that is being monitored by a particular one of the plurality of parking space monitors.