Patent ID: 9230440
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: B60L,G01C,G06Q,G07F,G08G,H04W,Y02T,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving at a server, over time, safety notifications from a plurality of vehicles, wherein each safety notification is associated with a geographic location; associating, by the server, one or more safety notifications to a parking location when the geographic location of the safety notifications are within proximity of the parking location; generating, by the server, a safety grade for the parking location, the safety grade is based on a number of safety notifications associated to the parking location and a safety level of the safety notifications; receiving a request at a server, from a computing device, to access the safety grade for the parking location; and sending, by the server, the safety grade to the computing device, wherein in response to receiving the request to access the safety grade of the parking location, the method further includes, sending data to populate a user interface of the computing device, the set data for the user interface provides access to a map that identifies a current geo-location of the computing device and one or more parking locations in addition to the parking location, each of the parking locations being assigned a respective safety grade; and the sent data enables response by user selections via the user interface, the sent data being for one or more of the parking locations and additionally enables access to one or more of incidents at a respective parking location, or ratings at a respective parking location, or a rating entry interface for a respective parking location, or a reserving function for a respective parking location, or payment functions for parking at a respective parking location, or past alerts at a respective parking location, or recommendations for one or more of the parking locations, wherein the method is executed by a processor.