Systems and methods for providing navigational assistance to a parking facility

摘要

A computer-implemented method that includes receiving a request for navigational assistance to a location, identifying a parking facility at or near the location, identifying a first section of the parking facility having parking availability, identifying a first entrance of the parking facility that corresponds to the first section of the parking facility, providing, via a mobile communications device, navigational assistance to the first entrance of the parking facility, monitoring parking availability at the parking facility, and, prior to receiving an indication that a vehicle associated with the mobile communications device has arrived at the first entrance of the parking facility, determining that a second section of the parking facility currently has a parking availability that exceeds the parking availability of the first section of the parking facility, and providing navigational assistance to a second entrance of the parking facility that corresponds to the second section of the parking facility.

主权项

1. A method for providing navigational assistance to a user by providing navigational information related to a section of parking determined to have suitable parking availability, the method comprising:
receiving, from a remote computing device, a request for navigational assistance, the request identifying a geographic location for recommending a section of parking based on the geographic location to a user of the remote computing device; identifying a plurality of sections of parking based on the geographic location, each of the sections of parking comprising a one or more parking spaces, and each of the sections of parking corresponding to one or more of a plurality of entrances by which vehicles enter respective sections of parking among the plurality of sections of parking; identifying a first section of parking among the plurality of sections of parking, the first section of parking being identified based on availability of parking in the first section of parking; identifying a first entrance among the plurality of entrances, the first entrance being identified based on correspondence to the first section of parking identified based on the availability of parking in the first section of parking; and sending, to the remote computing device, navigational information to direct a vehicle to the first entrance identified based on correspondence to the first section of parking.