Patent ID: 8884785
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07B,G08G

Abstract:
1. A remote meterless parking monitoring system comprising: at least one vehicle detector associated with at least one parking space; an RFID reader coupled to the at least one vehicle detector, the RFID reader being arranged to read RFID tags of the at least one parking space and RFID tags of other parking spaces different from the at least one parking space of parking spaces; and a Command and Control Server responsive to data, received through a gateway, from the at least one vehicle detector and the RFID reader; where the remote meterless parking monitoring system is programmed so that the at least one vehicle detector detecting a new vehicle causes the RFID reader to wake and the RFID reader is programmed to read all of the RFID tags in a reading range of the RFID reader and communicate data from the RFID tags to the Command and Control Server, where the command and control server includes a Parking Policy Database and a Motorist Database and is configured to, upon arrival of the new vehicle in the at least one parking space, cross reference the data from the at least one vehicle detector and the RFID reader with a status of each parking space and an ID from a motorist RFID tag according to the Parking Policy Database and identify a motorist through the Motorist Database, and determine a parking space location and time allowance of the at least one parking space from an associated policy in the Policy Database and a vehicle payment account balance in the Motorist Database for the motorist.