Parking management system

Abstract

Disclosed is a parking management system that includes a central database in communication with a server, at least one user device, at least one merchant console, and a parking gate controller device over a network. The central database is provided to receive and store data from a plurality of parking systems. A processor is provided for analyzing the data received by the central database. A dynamic data engine is provided for analyzing the data from the plurality of parking systems and generating dynamic pricing data. A targeted promotion engine is provided for analyzing user data and generating a targeted promotion. The dynamic pricing data may be provided to the user device to allow a user to book a parking space from one of the parking systems. The targeted promotion may be provided to the user device to allow the user to select a promotion offered from a merchant.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A parking management system comprising:
 a central database in operative communication with at least one user device, and at least one merchant console of at least one parking system, wherein the central database operatively receives and stores data from the at least one merchant counsel, and wherein the central database comprises:
 a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processors, cause the processors to execute computer executable engines stored in the memory, the engines comprising: 
 a dynamic data engine that operatively analyzes the data from the at least one parking systems and generates dynamic pricing data for the at least one parking systems; and 
 a targeted promotion engine that operatively generates a targeted promotion based on the user data, wherein the targeted promotion is to be sent to the at least one user device. 
   
     
     
         2 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein the dynamic pricing data includes a plurality of prices for reserving parking spaces at the at least one parking systems. 
     
     
         3 . The parking management system of  claim 2 , wherein the dynamic data engine generates the dynamic pricing data based on at least one of a date, time, price, utilization, weather, competitive data, foot traffic, number of guests, and scheduled events. 
     
     
         4 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein said dynamic data engine generates a forecasted price for a parking space based on an input of date and time. 
     
     
         5 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein the dynamic data engine executes a staging phase to generate a baseline for price sensitivity as a function of historic price change data associated with the at least one parking systems. 
     
     
         6 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein the dynamic data engine receives a price increase granularity for the at least one parking systems and generates the dynamic pricing data as a function of the price increase granularity. 
     
     
         7 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein the data from the at least one parking systems stored in the central database includes at least one of usage date, usage time, parking price, utilization rate, weather information, competitive pricing, and foot traffic. 
     
     
         8 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein the dynamic data engine operatively generates the dynamic pricing data based on a predefined interval of time. 
     
     
         9 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein the dynamic data engine operatively generates the dynamic pricing data in time real time. 
     
     
         10 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein the targeted promotions includes offers, messages, or notifications based on the input preferences set up by the merchants. 
     
     
         11 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein said targeted promotion engine generates and sends the target promotions based on information associated with the user device. 
     
     
         12 . The parking management system of  claim 11 , wherein the information associated with the user device includes an indication of a user entering or exiting a parking system. 
     
     
         13 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein the dynamic pricing data includes a plurality of prices for parking spaces at the at least one parking systems for use by a user in an unreserved scenario. 
     
     
         14 . The parking management system of  claim 1 , wherein the targeting promotion engine captures feedback data from one or more user devices and determines a user affinity for the targeted promotion and provide the feedback information to the database. 
     
     
         15 . A parking management system comprising,
 one or more parking system devices each associated with a parking system;   one or more processors in communication with the one or more parking system devices and one or more memory resources storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:   receive and store pricing and utilization data from one or more parking system devices in a database;   generating a pricing and utilization model for the one or more parking systems based on the received pricing and utilization data;   creating a list of price-utilization options based on the pricing and utilization model for selection by a user; and   receiving a selection of a price-utilization option from the list.   
     
     
         16 . The parking management system of  claim 15 , wherein the processor further receives optimization criteria and generates one or more optimization options for the list of price-utilization options. 
     
     
         17 . The parking management system of  claim 16 , wherein the optimization criteria includes at least one of revenue optimization or utilization optimization. 
     
     
         18 . The parking management system of  claim 16 , wherein the one or more parking system devices includes an input device that receives information from a user device as a user enters or exits the parking system. 
     
     
         19 . The parking management system of  claim 18 , wherein the information from the user device comprises a scannable image. 
     
     
         20 . A method for a parking management system, comprising:
 generating a baseline sensitivity for a parking system based on a history of price changes and utilization associated with the price changes;   creating a model for price and utilization of the parking system based on the baseline sensitivity;   receiving information associated with at least one of foot traffic, events, weather information, or user preferences; and   utilizing the model and the received information to determine dynamic price adjustments for a predefined time interval.   
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , further comprising receiving flight information describing at least one of a number of flights or number of passengers, and wherein utilizing the model further comprises utilizing the flight information and the received information to determine the dynamic price adjustments