Patent ID: 11935410
Assignee: nan
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising a parking area including a plurality of free parking spaces unassociated with any parking meter, each of the plurality of free parking spaces being associated with a unique identifier, the system configured to acquire data indicating which of the plurality of free parking spaces is occupied, which of the plurality of free spaces is unoccupied, to correlate occupied and unoccupied free parking spaces with their respective unique designations, and store said data in a database; the system further comprising an electric vehicle including a factory installed mobile application configured to communicate wirelessly with and access the data from the database, the data further comprising location of available free parking spaces within the parking area; the system further configured to transmit information to a user of the electric vehicle having the factory installed mobile application that is searching for an unoccupied parking space in the parking area, by unique designation, which of the plurality of free parking spaces is unoccupied, wherein the system is configured to determine a user priority from among a plurality of users seeking an available free parking space within the parking area, the user priority based on factors comprising (1) proximity of the plurality of users to the available free parking space; (2) length of time the plurality of users have been searching for a free parking space in the parking area; and (3) length of time each of the plurality of users intends to remain parked in the available free parking space.