Patent ID: 7598870
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: G07B,G07C

Abstract:
1. A system for automating parking payment by utilising user terminals provided with wireless communication functionalities allowing access to a wireless communication network, comprising: readers/writers of electronic tags, said readers/writers being associated with the user terminals; electronic tags to be carried on users' vehicles, each tag having electronic circuitry where a respective identification code is stored and into which a user can input information concerning a parking event by means of his/her terminal; and a parking service management center directly accessible by the user terminals through said network and comprising a data base for storing the electronic tag identification codes as well as information about payments related to a specific tag, wherein the parking service management center comprises a processing unit arranged to receive through the wireless communication network from a user intending to park, the identification code of a tag read by means of the user terminal, together with information about a desired parking duration and possibly a parking location.