Location detection and user information processing for intelligent selection of parking locations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017191848-A1
Application number	US-201514985240-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication date	Jul 6, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

There are provided systems and methods for location detection and user information processing for intelligent selection of parking locations. A computing device, such as a mobile device or a GPS console device of a vehicle may provide travel information to a service provider, where the travel information is associated with an endpoint the user is travelling to using a vehicle. The service provider may utilize mapping information for the location associated with the endpoint for the user to determine a parking location that the user may utilize for the vehicle at or nearby the endpoint for the user. The service provider may pull a starting or current location for the user using a device of the user, and may determine a travel route to the parking location from the user's starting or current location. The service provider may determine the parking location based on parking preferences for the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A service provider system comprising:
a non-transitory memory storing mapping information for a plurality of locations, wherein the mapping information comprises a plurality of travel maps for the plurality of locations; and one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
receiving travel information comprising at least a travel endpoint for a vehicle utilized by a user;
determining a first geo-location for the user using a device of the user;
determining a parking location for the vehicle of the user using the travel endpoint and the mapping information, wherein the parking location is determined at least using one of the plurality of travel maps for a first location of the plurality of locations matching the travel endpoint;
determining a travel route from the first geo-location to the parking location using the mapping information; and
communicating the travel route to the device of the user.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the travel information further comprises vehicle information for the vehicle utilized by the user, and wherein the vehicle information comprises a type for the vehicle and a transportation mode for the vehicle.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the device comprises one of a mobile communication device of the user and a GPS capable device of a console computing device of the vehicle.

4 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:
accessing past parking information for the user with the vehicle; and determining user preferences for parking for the user from the past parking information and the vehicle information for the vehicle, wherein the user preferences for parking comprise at least one of an internal or external parking preference, a paid attendant parking preference, an automated parking payment preference, a single spot or stacked parking preference, and a flat or hourly parking preference, wherein the determining the parking location for the vehicle further uses the user preference for parking.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:
determining user information for the user, wherein the user information is determined from at least one application executing on the device for the user, wherein the travel route is further determined using the user information.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the parking location is further determined using the first geo-location of the user.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:
determining at least one past parking location utilized by the user at or nearby the travel endpoint for the travel route, wherein the parking location is further determined using the at least one past parking location.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:
determining a second geo-location for the user using the device of the user; and updating the travel route to the parking location using the second geo-location for the user.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the travel route is further determined using at least one of the plurality of travel maps for a second location of the plurality of locations matching the first geo-location of the user.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:
receiving a request to change the parking location determined for the user for the travel endpoint, wherein the request comprises at least one preference for a different parking location; determining the different parking location for the user using the at least one preference; and updating the travel route with the different parking location using the mapping information.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:
accessing user preferences for parking locations set by the user with the service provider system, wherein the user preference comprise at least one of security at the parking locations, a price for parking at the parking locations, and a distance from the parking locations to a destination location, wherein the parking location is further determined using the user preferences.

12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:
accessing user reviews of parking locations at or nearby the travel endpoint, wherein the parking location is further determined based on the user reviews of the parking locations.

13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform further operations comprising:
accessing crime reports at or nearby the travel endpoint, wherein the parking location is further determined based on the crime reports.

14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein
accessing user scheduling information for the user, wherein the parking location is further determined based on the user scheduling information.

15 . A method comprising:
accessing, by a computing device system that comprises one or more hardware processors coupled to a non-transitory memory, travel information comprising at least a travel endpoint for a vehicle utilized by a user; determining a geo-location for the user using a device of the user; determining a parking location for the vehicle of the user using the travel endpoint and mapping information for a plurality of locations, wherein the mapping information comprises a plurality of travel maps for the plurality of locations, and wherein the parking location is determined at least using one of the plurality of travel maps for a first location of the plurality of locations matching the travel endpoint; determining a travel route from the geo-location to the parking location using the mapping information; and communicating the travel route to the device of the user.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising
generating a reservation option for a parking space at the parking location; and communicating the reservation option to the device of the user.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
generating an advertisement for the parking space at the parking location, wherein the advertisement is communicated to the device of the user with the reservation option.

18 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
generating a prepayment option for the parking location on behalf of the user; communicating the prepayment option to the device of the user; and processing a pay

Assignees

• Paypal Inc

Inventors

• Jones Ashley

Classifications

• G01C21/3667

  Display of a road map (G01C21/3614 takes precedence; guidance using 3D or perspective road maps G01C21/3635) · CPC title

• G01C21/3484

  Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles · CPC title

• G01C21/3685 Primary

  the POI's being parking facilities · CPC title