Patent ID: 9734462
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06Q,G07B,G08G

Claim:
1. A method of processing a transaction for a parking session between a parking system and a payment provider on behalf of a user, wherein the user facilitates the transaction through a mobile computing device connected to a remote server, the method comprising: on the mobile computing device of the user, storing a user identifier; first receiving a parking identifier, then sending the user identifier and the parking identifier to the server; on the server, receiving the user identifier and the parking identifier; retrieving parking system information based on the parking identifier; retrieving payment provider information based on the user identifier; processing a transaction between the payment provider and parking system, wherein the transaction amount is based on a duration of the parking session; wherein the parking session has a start time and an end time, wherein the start time is determined from the time a start condition is met, the end time is determined from the time an end condition is met, and the parking session duration is the difference between the end time and start time.