Parking Space Trade System Using Temporal User Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Limited parking space availability in metropolitan areas deters consumers from visiting retail locations and restaurants, and existing parking reservation services often require payment or collateral, leading to wasted time and money for users searching for parking.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that matches arriving users with exiting users to facilitate the transfer of parking spaces, using a mobile application to select authorized locations, match arrival and exit times, and complete trades, including displaying trade identifications and providing driving instructions, while determining optimal time overlaps and location overlaps.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If users search for parking spaces manually in metropolitan areas, then they can potentially find available parking, but they waste significant time and gas traveling to different locations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by having users register their arrival and exit times in advance, and by pre-matching arriving users with exiting users before the actual parking event occurs. This allows parking spaces to be identified and reserved before users physically search for them, eliminating time-wasting manual searching.
2Reliability
If existing parking reservation services require payment or collateral, then parking spaces can be reserved, but users spend less money on retail items and the process becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service through automated matching between arriving and exiting users. The computer application automatically identifies compatible parking opportunities based on user-provided time parameters, eliminates the need for manual negotiations or payments, and allows users to complete trades independently without complex reservation procedures.
3Adaptability or versatility
If parking spaces are limited near popular retail locations, then existing parking may be available, but consumers are deterred from visiting these locations
Solution Approach 1:
The system adds a temporal dimension to parking availability by matching arrival times with exit times. Instead of only considering spatial availability, the system creates parking opportunities across different time periods, allowing users to arrive later or earlier based on matched trades, thereby expanding effective parking availability near retail locations.
4Reliability
If users pay for parking through traditional services, then parking spaces are secured, but the cost of visiting retail locations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism where exiting users effectively subsidize arriving users' parking needs. By matching users and enabling time-based trades, the system creates a peer-to-peer exchange model that eliminates traditional parking fees, allowing users to access parking spaces without direct payment while maintaining reliable availability.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-implemented method, a computer-implemented process, and a system for identifying a parking space may provide a computer application to allow communication between an arriving user and exiting user. An arrival time that may correspond to the arriving user and exit time that may correspond to the exiting user may be matched to identify a parking space in an authorized location common to the arriving user and the exiting user. The arriving user may be provided a trade identification that may include information that may describe an exiting vehicle. The exiting user may remove the exiting vehicle from the parking space, and an arriving user may park an arriving vehicle in the parking space.