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7509991 Parking barrier with accident event logging and self-diagnostic control system  
A parking area entrance or exit barrier includes a control system which receives inputs from various accessories associated with the operation of the barrier, and which provides control signals to...
7492283 Systems and methods for communication of parking information  
A parking system comprises an Internet-accessible Web server storing substantially real-time parking data associated with occupancy of a plurality of parking spaces and a plurality of detectors at...
7463167 Electronic parking control device, system and method for this  
An electronic parking control device for displaying a parking time of vehicles should be easy to operate. This is achieved by a mobile electronic display device ( 10 ) which can be positioned in...
7424968 Method and apparatus for public street parking using RF and RFID technology  
Method and apparatus for monitoring and regulating public street parking using RF and RFID technology including: tracking expired parking tickets and illegally parked vehicles and identifying...
7421413 Delicate metering of computer usage  
A pay-per-use or metered-use computer uses a balance manager to monitor usage and update a value balance according to a first usage schedule when the computer is in active use. When the activity...
7382280 Parking violation recording system and method  
A parking violation recording system capable of recording violations based on the location of a violating vehicle, is provided. The system includes at least one camera located on a mass transit...
7382278 Parked vehicle location system  
A parked vehicle location system including a plurality of detectors, where each detector is operative to detect whether or not a vehicle is present in at least one of a plurality of parking spaces,...
7321317 Method for intelligent parking/pollution and surveillance control system  
The invention relates to systems to manage parking meters using mechanical, electrical and electromechanicals monitoring and transmitting devices. Such intelligent parking meters may be used for...
7237716 Parking system for sending messages  
The present invention provides a parking system having a parking meter in close proximity to a corresponding parking bay in which a user's vehicle is able to be parked. A payment receiving means is...
7162459 Method and system for estimating weights of mailpieces  
A weight estimating system for estimating the weight of a mailpiece and a postage metering system including such a weight estimating system. The weight estimating system includes a measuring...
7146345 Parking barrier with accident event logging and self-diagnostic control system  
A parking area entrance or exit barrier includes a control system which receives inputs from various accessories associated with the operation of the barrier, and which provides control signals to...
7114651 Method for control of parked vehicles  
A method of controlling vehicles parked in a parking system. A user sends a user-specific code to a parking system computer via a mobile telephone system when beginning and terminating a parking...
7110744 Communication and proximity authorization systems  
A proximity service unit for providing at least one predetermined service for use with multiple types of wireless devices. The proximity service unit includes a multiple channel wireless...
6965883 Charging mechanism for multicasting  
An apparatus for calculating a cost of receiving multicast data from a multicast session. A multicast network includes at least one multicast service, each multicast service including at least one...
6963861 Method and system for resolution of carrier specific data utilizing a generic data model  
A system and method of retrieving shipment data uses destination information, as well as the carrier and level of service data models to retrieve the appropriate shipment data which complies with...
6946974 Web-based systems and methods for internet communication of substantially real-time parking data  
A parking system includes an internet-accessible Web server storing substantially real-time parking data associated with occupancy of a plurality of parking spaces. The parking data can be rendered...
6934372 System and method for accessing the internet on a per-time-unit basis  
A system and method for accessing the internet on a per-time basis, through an Internet service provider (ISP), includes an access station. Application software is provided to an electronic...
6889899 Vehicle parking system  
A parking system is disclosed which includes a parking meter ( 10 ) which has a transceiver ( 12 ) and ( 14 ) for transmitting and receiving information and which in one embodiment may comprise an...
RE38626 Parking regulation enforcement system  
A video camera mounted on a parking enforcement patrol vehicle and connected to a computer near the operator. The system is driven along a patrol route where parked vehicles are governed by a...
6791473 Smart parking meter system  
A Smart Parking Meter System makes it possible to track whether or not a vehicle occupies parking meter stalls and whether or not the time has expired. The system uses a wireless communication...
6771185 Parking guidance and management system  
A parking guidance and management system. The system provides graphical information regarding the relative availability of parking spaces within a parking garage or other large facility. The system...
6750786 Systems and methods for internet communication of parking lot information  
A parking system includes a wireless communications device capable of accessing a server over the Internet and a software application for receiving parking data transmitted over the Internet to the...
6747575 Parking meter smart housing with electronic memory  
The invention is directed to an electronic parking meter and a method of configuring an electronic parking meter. In addition to a meter housing and an electronic metering mechanism within the...
6686834 Taxi meter having discriminating means for eliminating erroneous inputs  
A taxi meter system mounted on a taxicab for accurately computing a fare for a taxicab trip as function of time and distance is disclosed. The system provides discrimination means that eliminate...
6574610 Trusted elements within a distributed bandwidth system  
A distributed bandwidth metering system ( 200 ) uses trusted elements throughout the system to collect and process usage data. The trusted elements in the distributed bandwidth metering system...
6564193 System for, and method of, using the internet system to provide for the transmission of a facsimile message  
A document is processed by a web server at a web site to determine from a customer whether the customer wishes to facsimile the document to a recipient for free or for a fee. If the customer...
6501391 Internet communication of parking lot occupancy  
A server transmits parking lot occupancy information over the Internet. The parking lot occupancy information is capable of being reproduced by a remote display device as a real-time representation...
6493676 System and method for charging for vehicle parking  
A system and method for charging for vehicle parking is provided. The parking system includes a plurality of mobile parking units, each of the mobile parking units having an unique identification...
6490443 Communication and proximity authorization systems  
A proximity service unit for providing at least one predetermined service for use with multiple types of wireless devices. The proximity service unit includes a multiple channel wireless...
6456986 Decision network based event pricing system in a component based, object oriented convergent customer care and billing system  
A ratings engine system that uses decision networks to select and execute Price Plans to rate an Event. A plan selection rule set is used to select a Price Plan for the Event and an Algorithm rule...
6405106 Enhanced vehicle controls through information transfer via a wireless communication system  
A vehicle control system method and apparatus including a mobile application service provider communicating over a wireless communication network, a mobile station communicating with the mobile...
6393412 Method for allowing users to purchase professional services in a private chat room through a service brokerage via the internet  
A method for allowing a user to access a plurality of service providers through a service brokerage via the Internet. The service brokerage establishes accounts with the service providers and the...
6386447 Smart card with card in vehicle warning  
A so-called “smart card” system is provided with controls which ensure that a request for change in status of a vehicle is not inconsistent with the presence or lack thereof of an appropriate...
6377890 Navigator  
Route guiding information is displayed on the basis of set information and positional data when set information and positional data are set by a keyboard or are transmitted from a sensor BOX 12.
6360169 System for determining and tracking changes in location  
A handheld locator device is prompted to determine and store a first, Home location, and to determine a Return location, and to visually display the relative positions of the Home and Return...
6351708 Vehicle navigation system and method  
A vehicle navigation system and method in the present invention comprises a navigation apparatus transmitting a current position of a vehicle and a target destination of the vehicle, and a base...
6324528 Method and apparatus for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data  
An apparatus and method for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data. The apparatus includes a first timer for recording time during which the service is in operation...
6266609 Parking space detection  
A method for detecting information on occupied parking space in a traffic network, in particular a town, uses a parking space detection control center. Parking space information relating to a...
6263316 Automated process for retailing to a vehicle occupant  
The invention is a method and apparatus for the automated retailing of refreshments and other basic consumer products to a vehicle occupant as the vehicle passes through a toll station having an...
6259988 Real-time mission adaptable route planner  
A hybrid of grid-based and graph-based search computations, together with provision of a sparse search technique effectively limited to high-probability candidate nodes provides accommodation of...
6216096 Analysis system with time standard  
The invention relates to an analysis system having a time counter and a data processing unit (DPU) having a time standard. The test results produced by the analysis system along with the associated...
6212506 Per call real time billing display  
Real-time, per call charge information is provided to a subscriber for calls in progress using a communications system having a service interface supporting the charge display feature. A repository...
6119109 Information distribution system and billing system used for the information distribution system  
An information distribution system provides information requested from a user for the user through an information communication medium. The information distribution system comprises a billing...
6111522 Multiple electronic purse parking meter  
A dual processor electronic parking meter (EPM) accepts a plurality of ISO compliant smart cards and authorizes payment of purchased time. The EPM of the invention is equipped with a card reader...
6079354 Thermal post-deposition treatment of halogen-doped films to improve film stability and reduce halogen migration to interconnect layers  
A method of stabilizing a halogen-doped silicon oxide film to reduce halogen atoms migrating from said film during subsequent processing steps. A halogen-doped film is deposited over a substrate...
6037880 Integrated parking meter system  
An integrated parking meter system automates the issuance of parking citations. Each parking meter will be equipped with a sonar range finder, mercury type switch and a two way radio that...
5909184 FM teletext receiving device with a detachable storage medium  
A service information receiving device receives pay service information and year/month/day-of-month data, both multiplexed with FM broadcast radiowaves and transmitted from an FM broadcasting...
5881020 Apparatus and method for date setting for electronically controlled postage meters  
An electronically controlled postage meter with easier user setting of the date. Postage values are input via a keyboard connected to a control device. The control device automatically counts...
5845268 Parking management system  
There is disclosed a computer-based parking system for improving the apprehension of parking violators. Such parking system comprises one or more electronic-based parking meters or devices having a...
5819234 Toll collection system  
An automatic toll collection system comprises and operates in conjunction with transponders which are provided for sale to the public in sealed packages and which are pre-approved for a...
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