Patent ID: 9418550
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G01C,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A server for enriching a database of parking location information, the server comprising: a memory storage comprising a database comprising one or more known parking locations; and a processing resource coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to: receive log data associated with movement for a plurality of navigation devices, the log data comprising a record of changes of locations of the navigation devices with time; support a parking location determination module, the parking location determination module being arranged to determine from the log data candidate parking locations where a navigation device was substantially unchanged with respect to time for at least a predetermined period of time; support a pattern matching engine to determine clusters of candidate parking locations from the log data, a cluster being a collection of candidate parking locations that are within a predetermined distance of each other; and update the database with the candidate parking locations identified by the pattern matching engine.