Patent ID: 8665118

Claim:
A method of managing parking information, the method comprising: receiving, at a computer system and from each of a plurality of separate organizations that manage parking locations, data indicating a current status of their respective parking locations; aggregating the data from each of the plurality of separate organizations into a database of converted data, wherein the data for each of the parking locations is converted to have a format that is common to each of the other of the parking locations; receiving, at the computer system and from a computing device that is associated with a third party that is different than the organizations that manage parking locations, a request for information about current or historic parking conditions at or near a particular geographic location; and providing, to the computing device and by the computer system, parking information that is generated from the aggregated data of the plurality of separate organizations and that represents parking conditions for at least a portion of the parking locations that are located within a threshold distance of the particular geographic location, wherein the parking information is formatted for display on the computing device of the third party.