Patent ID: 8274403

Claim:
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; said logic core communicating data to said CIL for distribution to the requesting user or remote electronic parking asset; and wherein the rules of said logic core parses the data stream into applicable data elements for forwarding to the appropriate databases or management systems; said rules further defining for each data stream markers upon which the data stream is to be parsed; said rules further dictating which system is to receive those parsed elements and if returned data is expected; and each data stream is then passed to a specific data base or management system; and said logic core transmitting data to said CIL; a programmable set of pre-defined and user-definable rules applied to the parking event data received from the SMMS and a router/firewall device for receiving data delivered to said specific address and preventing unwanted access to the CCI