Real time parking location navigator

摘要

A real time parking location navigator may automatically locate an available parking location and provide navigation information indicative of how to navigate to this location. Payment for the available parking location may also be automatically made. Either or both of these may be done at the time the vehicle is in proximity to a programmed destination.

主权项

1. 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; andan 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; andin 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.