Patent ID: 7093752

Claim:
Method of controlling access via a first equipment of the closed vehicle parking lot type, where access to entrances and exits of said parking lot is controlled by means of an access pass, and access via a second equipment where access to said second equipment may be controlled by means of an access pass, said method comprising the steps of: a) issuing a contactless access pass upon entering the parking lot, to motorists who do not possess a pass already, and authorizing an associated vehicle to enter the parking lot; b) writing information relating to entry into the parking lot into a memory of said contactless access pass upon entering the parking lot, wherein said writing is performed at a distance away from said first equipment; c) controlling access to said second equipment in the event of use of said second equipment by means of said contactless access pass that was used in said first equipment, and writing in said pass, information relating to said access to said second equipment, wherein said writing is performed at a distance away from said second equipment; d) reading the pass at a distance away from said first equipment, on returning to the parking lot, determining and receiving the amount corresponding to the services associated with said first and second equipments, and issuing a receipt; and e) authorizing the associated vehicle to leave the parking lot in response to the receipt.