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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
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 facilitating rental of a private parking space by an urban resident are provided. Motor vehicle parking spaces located in a residential area are managed through a server. Smart parking devices that are each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces are interfaced to the server. Vehicle occupancy sensors that are also each physically proximate to least one of the parking spaces are interfaced to the server. Parking availability indicators that are each associated with at least one of the parking spaces are interfaced to the server. The parking spaces are supplemented with a private parking space under legitimate control by a resident of the residential area. Use of the private parking space is managed through the server and the smart parking device nearest to the private parking space. Parking availability the parking spaces is indicated through the nearest parking availability indicator.