| CPC G07C 9/38 (2020.01) [G07B 15/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A vehicle authorization system for a parking facility, the vehicle authorization system comprising:
a vehicle or an electronic device of a user that transmits and receives a first data via a first protocol signal;
a gate assembly comprising:
a gate that is movable between an open position and a closed position,
a gate actuator configured to move the gate, and
a gate controller positioned at the gate and configured to:
receive and transmit the first data via the first protocol signal, the first data is an identification data and the first protocol signal is a plurality of local signals, and
receive and transmit a second data via a second protocol signal, the second data is a gate open authorization and the second protocol signal is wireless long range signals using an ultra-wide band protocol or a long range wide area network protocol, the first protocol signal is different from the second protocol signal, and
actuate the gate actuator to move the gate,
a communication system comprising:
a remote server computing device that is positioned offsite from the parking facility,
a peripheral device configured to receive and transmit the second data via the second protocol signal, the peripheral device positioned at the parking facility and communicatively coupled to and positioned as an intermediate device between the gate controller and a gateway device to provide a continuous signal path between the remote server computing device and the gate controller,
the gateway device communicatively coupled to and between the peripheral device and the remote server computing device, wherein the gateway device and the remote server computing device are each configured to transmit and receive the second data via the second protocol signal to communicate with the peripheral device and the gate controller, and
a gate transmitter/receiver device positioned at the parking facility and is communicatively coupled to the gate controller, the gate transmitter/receiver device is configured to receive and transmit the plurality of local signals to the gate controller after receiving a request signal from the vehicle or the electronic device of the user via a Bluetooth® protocol,
wherein the remote server computing device provides the second data via the second protocol signal to the gate controller through the gateway device and the peripheral device such that a construction material of the parking facility minimally interferes with the second protocol signal.
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