Patent attributes
A method comprising, ascertaining and communicating, by a parking meter (102), presence of a vehicle in the parking space to a central server (104). Further, a session with a user device (112) of a user of the vehicle is established. Further, a parking validation message from the user device (112) is received. Further, a payment request message is transmitted to the user device (112). Further, the user device (112) transmits the payment request message to the central server (104) over a parking payment session. Further, an authorization status is received from the central server (104), where the authorization status indicates one of an authorized occupancy of the parking space and an unauthorized occupancy of the parking space. Further, a status indicator based on the authorization status is displayed, where the status indicator indicates one of the authorized occupancy of the parking space and the unauthorized occupancy of the parking space.
