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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Here Global B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Stefano Bennati, Zürich, CH;
Aleksandra Kovacevic, Wettswil, CH;
Kai Pöthkow, Berlin, DE;
Elena Vidyakina, Berlin, DE;
HERE GLOBAL B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for estimating parking availability in an area based on probe data points in response to a request while maintaining data privacy. A method may include: receiving probe data associated with a plurality of vehicles; determining, from the probe data, location information, parking event information, and a timestamp; receiving a parking availability query, where the parking availability query includes a location; generating and transmitting a request for parking availability information corresponding to the location; receiving a plurality of partial results in response to the request for parking availability information corresponding to the location; determining, from the plurality of partial results, parking availability information corresponding to the location; and providing the parking availability information corresponding to the location responsive to the parking availability query.