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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2022
Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Mark J. Moran, Woodbury, MN (US);
Richard W. Kelley, II, Corcoran, MN (US);
David E. Collins, Jr., Plymouth, MN (US);
Marcus N. Schmidt, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Christopher W. Baldwin, St. Paul, MN (US);
Padmavathi Ramuni, Plymouth, MN (US);
Municipal Parking Services, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for managing parking monitoring and enforcement. Parking at a meter or in a parking lot or ramp can be provided as a subscription. A registration and verification process for the subscription service can be provided as a multi-step process that combines the smart parking meter with a QR code, a mobile parking app for a smartphone, a central parking management system, and digital images of the parked vehicle(s). The registration process verifies that only vehicles owned by the subscriber are associated with the subscriber's account. Steps can also be employed to ensure that subscribers are not incorrectly issued parking citations by determining whether license plate data for a vehicle initially determined to be in violation matches an active subscription parker's roster of registered vehicles.