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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Mustansir Banatwala, Hudson, NH (US);

David A. Brooks, Arlington, MA (US);

Joseph A. Russo, Westford, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 15/02 (2011.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G08G 1/017 (2006.01); G08G 1/14 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 15/02 (2013.01); G06Q 10/00 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0255 (2013.01); G08G 1/017 (2013.01); G08G 1/0175 (2013.01); G08G 1/14 (2013.01); G08G 1/143 (2013.01); G08G 1/144 (2013.01); G08G 1/146 (2013.01); G08G 1/147 (2013.01); G08G 1/148 (2013.01); G08G 1/149 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for dynamically managing parking space utilization including receiving a dynamic feed of available parking spaces across a set of sectors, each parking space associated with a parking control device, each sector having a preferred utilization rate; utilizing a processor to determine that a parking utilization rate of a first sector exceeds a preferred utilization rate for the first sector; upon receiving a location based parking space reservation request from a user, the request capable of being fulfilled from a plurality of sectors, providing a list of available parking spaces meeting the request including associated prices dynamically generated, wherein parking spaces in the first sector are priced higher than parking spaces in other sectors; and upon selection of one of the provided list of available parking spaces by the user, allocating the selected parking space to the user at the provided associated price and notifying the parking control device associated with the selected parking space.


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