Patent ID: 11878598
Assignee: LIBERTY PLUGINS, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G  Y | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A multi-space parking metering process to support remotely controlling electric vehicle (EV) charging devices located among multiple parking spaces, the process comprising:
a) automatically receiving, by a controller, through a communication channel, from a first user interface of a first cell phone, a first parking request from a first motorist, said controller configured to meter a plurality of parking spaces, the plurality having at least two parking space kinds, said at least two parking space kinds comprising both a first parking space kind for parking spaces having an EV charging device and a second parking space kind for parking spaces having no EV charging device, the controller having communication through a signaling channel to enable and disable the EV charging device for parking spaces of the first kind, the controller further configured to control parking spaces of the first kind, wherein at least a first parking space is the first kind and has a first EV charging device remote from the controller, and a second parking space is the second kind, the first user interface prompting the first motorist for an identifier corresponding to one of the plurality of parking spaces, the first parking request comprising a first identifier entered by the first motorist with the first user interface, the first identifier from a first indicia at the first parking space, the first identifier corresponding to both the first parking space and the first EV charging device;
b) based on at least the first parking request, automatically both enabling, with the signaling channel, by the controller, the first EV charging device and recording, by the controller, in a memory having communication with the controller, a first data associated with the first parking space, the first data representative of a first time of expiration;
c) automatically receiving, by the controller, through the communication channel, from a second user interface of a second cell phone, a second parking request from a second motorist, the second user interface prompting the second motorist for an identifier corresponding to one of the plurality of parking spaces, the second parking request comprising a second identifier entered by the second motorist with the second user interface, the second identifier from a second indicia at the second parking space, the second identifier corresponding to the second parking space;
d) based on at least the second parking request, automatically recording, by the controller, in the memory, a second data associated with the second parking space, the second data representative of a second time of expiration; and,
e) based on the first data, automatically disabling, with the signaling channel, by the controller, the first EV charging device, when the first time of expiration is not greater than the current time.