Patent ID: 8816879
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing interchangeable parking spaces, comprising: forming a parking pool comprising a plurality of parking spaces, which are each interchangeably reservable by motorists; identifying the parking spaces in the parking pool that are currently-occupied by other vehicles and reservations by the motorists to park their vehicles in the parking pool; determining a number of available parking spaces based on a total number of parking spaces in the parking pool, a number of the currently-occupied parking spaces in the parking pool, and a number of parking spaces that will be used to fulfill the reservations; determining maximum available parking durations for each of the parking spaces in the parking pool and selecting one or more of the longest available parking durations as a maximum available time value for the parking pool; displaying the number of the available parking spaces in the parking pool and the maximum available time value for the parking pool on dynamic signage; identifying a change in a status for the parking pool comprising occupancy of at least one of the parking spaces in the parking pool, inoccupancy of at least one of the parking spaces in the parking pool, receipt of a reservation request for parking in the parking pool, and receipt of a cancellation request for a previously-made reservation for parking in the parking pool; and updating the number of the parking spaces in the parking pool and the maximum available time value for the parking pool on the dynamic signage in response to the identified change in the status for the parking pool.