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Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2012
Applicant:

Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mark J. Stefik, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Ellen Isaacs, San Jose, CA (US);

Peter Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Robert Thomas Krivacic, San Jose, CA (US);

Roger Hoover, San Bruno, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/08 (2012.01); G06Q 10/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/10 (2012.01); G06Q 50/28 (2012.01); G07B 15/00 (2011.01); G07B 15/02 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/08 (2013.01); G06Q 10/025 (2013.01); G06Q 50/10 (2013.01); G06Q 50/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for system and method for providing just-in-time loading zone parking is provided. A next delivery destination for a delivery driver is determined. A just-in-time parking reservation at the next delivery destination is booked. The just-in-time parking reservation includes a parking location and start time. A time of arrival by the delivery driver at the parking location is estimated. An amount of time between the estimated time of arrival and the start time of the just-in-time parking reservation is determined. Parking in the parking location by other drivers is permitted when the estimated time of departure is sufficiently prior to the start time of the just-in-time parking reservation.


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