Patent ID: 8274403
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G08G

Abstract:
1. An integrated parking management system, comprising: space monitoring and meter systems (SMMS) including a number of parking meters; collector nodes dispersed throughout the area in which said meters are deployed and forming a mesh network for receiving data from said SMMS and transmitting data to said SMMS; gateway devices centrally located within said SMMS for wirelessly receiving data from said collector nodes; an internet communication system; said gateway devices wirelessly transmitting data over said internet system to a specific address in the SMMS; a Command and Control Interface (CCI) for receiving data from said SMMS via said gateway devices, Internet and Collector Nodes and said CCI includes a logic core and a communications interface layer (CIL); said logic core includes a programmable set of rules to be applied to parking events and requests as the CCI receives notification of them; said CIL including a presentation engine for generating interactive documents for display in appropriate display devices and enables and allows for the exchange of data to remote devices via cellular, satellite or other long range wireless connections;