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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Mark Jeffrey Stefik, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Alan G. Bell, Los Altos, CA (US);
Craig Eldershaw, Belmont, CA (US);
Lance E. Good, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Daniel H. Greene, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Francisco Eduardo Torres, San Jose, CA (US);
Serdar Uckun, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Preston Cummins, Washington, DC (US);
Roger Phylos Hoover, San Bruno, CA (US);
Robert Thomas Krivacic, San Jose, CA (US);
Conduent Business Services, LLC, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented system and method for providing guest parking reservations are provided. Motor vehicle parking spaces located in a residential area are managed through a server. Smart parking devices and vehicle occupancy sensors that are each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces are interfaced to the server. Use of one of the parking spaces for a guest of a resident of the area is reserved. A request for a reservation is accepted and that the resident is eligible to reserve the space is confirmed. The request is granted provided the parking space is available over any other reservations in the server. Use of the parking space is managed. Occupancy of the parking space by a vehicle is sensed through the nearest sensor. An identity of a motorist is verified through the nearest parking device. The use of the parking space is denied if not by the guest.