Patent ID: 8843307

Claim:
A real time parking location navigator comprising: a navigation system configured to provide navigation information indicative of how to navigate a vehicle to: a programmed destination; and an available parking location that is near but different from the programmed destination; a data processing system configured to: receive the programmed destination; cause the navigation system to provide the navigation information to the programmed destination; determine when a current location of the vehicle is in proximity to the programmed destination; in response to determining that the current location of the vehicle is in the proximity to the programmed destination: query a parking location database containing information indicative of available parking locations near the programmed destination; identify the available parking location from among the available parking locations in the parking location database responsive to the query; and in response to identifying the available parking location, cause the navigation system to provide further navigation information including turn-by-turn information indicative of how to navigate from the current location of the vehicle to the identified available parking location.