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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2007
Randall E. Johnson, White Lake, MI (US);
Daniel J. Selke, Ramsey, NJ (US);
Randall E. Johnson, White Lake, MI (US);
Daniel J. Selke, Ramsey, NJ (US);
RFautomotiveID, LLC., Ramsey, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring the parking status of vehicles incorporating a plurality of wireless identification tags, each tag having a unique tag identifier and having association with a selected vehicle. The system also includes a portable scanner to be used by a parking monitor, the portable scanner having a processor executing instructions thereon, a tag scanner capable of reading a wireless identification tag of a selected vehicle located in relatively close proximity over a wireless link, and a communication device capable of communicating over a wireless wide area network to transmit information about vehicle parking status. A server, having a database with fields for each of the selected vehicles, communicates with the portable scanner over the wireless wide area network to log data related to vehicle parking status. A software program may also be used to facilitate communication between the scanner and the vehicle owner and/or between the scanner and a tow service.