Patent ID: 8600800

Claim:
A promotion distribution system that distributes promotional materials based on a location of a parking space at which a user has parked a vehicle comprising: one or more parking locators associated with one or more parking spaces in a vicinity, the one or more parking locators configured to generate parking information comprising information indicating the presence or absence of a vehicle within at least one of the one or more parking spaces in the vicinity; a repository server configured to receive location information which identifies the vicinity; receive first promotional material from a first merchant wherein the first promotional material includes a first merchant location and one or more target areas wherein the one or more target areas define areas in which the first merchant wants the first promotional material to be distributed, and wherein said first promotional material is configured to be retrieved based upon a first selection criteria specified by the first merchant, the first selection criteria including the one or more target areas overlapping with the location information which identifies the vicinity; receive second promotional material associated with a second merchant, wherein the second promotional material is distributed to drive vehicle traffic outside of the vicinity to where the second merchant is located, and wherein said second promotional material is configured to be retrieved based upon second selection criteria specified by an entity separate from the second merchant, the second selection criteria including vehicle traffic conditions in the vicinity; and a parking kiosk configured to: receive the parking information generated by the one or more parking locators in the vicinity; retrieve from the repository server at least one promotional material selected from among the first promotional material and the second promotional material based upon the location information which identifies the vicinity, the first selection criteria specified by the first merchant and the second selection criteria specified by the entity; and distribute the at least one retrieved promotional material to a user parked at the one or more parking spaces.