WO2014157950A1

WO2014157950A1 - Method for providing vehicle parking information and apparatus therefor

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Publication number: WO2014157950A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/002569
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김태성
Original assignee: Kim Tae Sung
Priority date: 2013-03-26
Filing date: 2014-03-26
Publication date: 2014-10-02
Also published as: JP2016520899A; KR20140117773A; JP6620363B2; KR101481956B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing vehicle parking information and an apparatus therefor. The method according to the present invention includes: keeping the vehicle parking information of a plurality of parking lots; receiving search term information involving positioning information from a user terminal; searching the vehicle parking information of at least one of a plurality of parking lots based on the search term information; and providing the vehicle parking information of at least one of the plurality of parking lots.

Description

Method and apparatus for providing parking information

The present invention relates to a parking information providing method and apparatus.

Recently, various services utilizing IT devices are emerging due to the development of network infrastructure and the improvement of the performance of electronic terminals.

The development of IT technology is bringing a variety of offline activities into the online category.

Conventional shopping behavior has long been incorporated into the online arena, and it is moving forward in the form of mobile commerce.

In recent years, shared economy and cooperative consumption have become social issues. The sharing of idle resources is spreading in the meaning of efficient use of limited resources and allocation of resources.

Sharing of parking lots is an issue from the viewpoint of efficient use of resources, and various services are being developed to share parking information.

However, the service for sharing parking information is merely a form of providing parking space information, and does not provide services such as parking fee payment.

That is, there is no service that provides a service associated with an actual parking act such as reserving available space of a specific parking lot, paying a parking fee, .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a parking lot management system that manages parking information of a plurality of parking lots, provides parking information to a user terminal based on a search condition of a user, issues an electronic coupon that can be used in a parking lot And to provide an information providing method and apparatus.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a parking information providing method and apparatus for managing usage history of an electronic coupon issued to a user and providing parking status of a plurality of parking lots based on usage details of the electronic coupon.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a parking information providing method comprising the steps of: maintaining parking information of a plurality of parking lots; receiving search condition information including position information from a user terminal Searching for one or more pieces of parking information among the plurality of pieces of parking information based on the search condition information, and providing the searched one or more pieces of parking information to the user terminal.

A parking information providing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention includes: a parking information managing section for holding parking information of a plurality of parking lots; a search information receiving section for receiving search condition information including position information from a user terminal; A parking information searching unit for searching at least one of the plurality of parking information and a parking information providing unit for providing the searched one or more parking information to the user terminal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration, parking information of a plurality of parking lots is managed, parking information is provided to a user terminal based on a search condition of a user, The present invention can provide a parking information providing method and apparatus for issuing and providing an electronic coupon.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a parking information providing method and apparatus for managing usage history of an electronic coupon issued to a user and providing parking status of a plurality of parking lots based on usage details of the electronic coupon .

1 is a block diagram illustrating a parking information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a parking information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart for explaining a parking information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as " comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The parking information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a user terminal 100, a parking lot provider terminal 200 and a parking information providing apparatus 300 connected to the network N. [

The network N may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a personal area network (PAN) mobile radio communication network) or satellite communication network.

The user terminal 100 and the parking lot provider terminal 200 can be implemented as a computer, a mobile terminal, a robot, a television, or the like, which can be connected to a remote server through a network N or connected to other terminals and servers . Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like, each of which is equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal may be a wireless communication device , Personal Communication System (PCS), Global System for Mobile communications (GSM), Personal Digital Cellular (PDC), Personal Handyphone System (PHS), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), International Mobile Telecommunication (IMT) Handheld based wireless communication devices such as W-CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) -2000, W-CDMA (W-CDMA), Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet) terminals, can do. In addition, the television may include Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), Internet Television (TV), Smart TV, terrestrial TV, cable TV, and the like. Furthermore, the user terminal 100 may include a vehicle computer or navigation device, embedded or separately installed in the vehicle.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user terminal 100 receives predetermined search condition information associated with a parking space from a user, transmits the search condition information to the parking

information providing apparatus

200, 200, and provide the search result to the user. Also, the user terminal 100 may select information about a specific parking space from the received search result, and may purchase parking privileges for the selected parking space in advance. For example, parking privileges can be purchased by paying a certain amount of money for a selected parking space and issuing a coupon.

For example, a driver who needs to park near the Samsung station can search for a parking space near the Samsung station using the user terminal 100, for example, a smart phone. At this time, the driver can input the position information, for example, " Samsung station " and the parking fee " 1,000 won " per hour as predetermined search condition information. When the user of the user terminal 100 receives the search result corresponding to the search condition information, the user can purchase the coupon for the searched parking space.

The parking lot provider terminal 200 refers to a terminal associated with a parking lot provider providing a parking space to a user. For example, the parking lot terminal 200 may be a terminal used by a parking lot owner, a parking lot manager, a parking lot commissioning operator or the like to manage a parking lot. The parking lot provider terminal 200 can confirm the coupon issuance status for the contracted idle parking space in advance and check whether the issued coupon is used or not.

On the other hand, the parking lot provider may provide a predetermined space or all the space of the parking lot for the user, and the parking space provided by the parking lot provider may vary according to the day, the time, and the like.

The parking lot provider may provide his / her own parking lot to the occupant of the building or the visitor of the building, for example, according to the purpose of the building. The parking space is a resource that can change the free space according to time, and is characterized by non-storage goods. That is, the parking space can not be stocked if it is not sold at that point in time, so if it is over the marginal cost, it is effective to increase the profit by selling it at a low price.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a marketing authorization for an idle parking surface is obtained through a contract with a parking lot provider, or at least a portion of the parking space is rented, and a parking space of the parking lot is rented for example as prepayment goods or electronic coupons Can be commercialized and provided. The parking lot owner, the developer, the operator, etc. have a need to sell and sell empty parking space, and the driver needs to find the parking space efficiently. Accordingly, the parking information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention maintains parking information of a plurality of parking lots, provides parking information to a user in response to a user's search request, By selling parking privileges in the space, it can contribute to the efficient use of idle resources.

The parking information providing apparatus 300 may be connected to the user terminal 100 and the parking lot provider terminal 200 via a network to transmit and receive predetermined information and perform calculations and searches associated with the parking information. Furthermore, if a request to purchase parking privilege is received from the user terminal 100 with respect to the searched parking information, the user can proceed to the payment procedure and sell the parking privilege in the electronic coupon manner. Thus, the parking information providing apparatus 300 can mediate a transaction of the parking privilege between the user terminal 100 and the parking lot provider terminal 200.

2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a parking information providing apparatus 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the parking information providing apparatus 300 includes a parking information managing unit 310, a search information receiving unit 320, a parking information searching unit 330, a parking information providing unit 340, An electronic coupon issuing unit 360, an entrance information receiving unit 370, an exit information receiving unit 380 and a parking information updating unit 390. [

The parking information management unit 310 holds parking information of a plurality of parking lots.

The parking information includes at least one of identification information of the parking lot, parking time information of the parking lot, price information, and the number of parking vehicles per unit time. Further, the parking information may additionally include information on the parking lot facility information, such as the width of the parking lot entrance or parking lot, the distance from the pedestrian entrance, neighboring area information, illuminance, etc., .

The identification information of the parking lot may be unique information that can identify the specific parking lot with the other parking lot.

The parking time information of the parking lot can be changed according to the policy of the parking lot. For example, in the case of a crowded area, it can be opened 24 hours on weekends, but it is possible to park in the week from 10:00 am to 5:00 am .

The price information means the information related to the cost that the user pays for using the parking space of the parking lot. For example, it may be the information associated with the cost for purchasing the electronic coupon corresponding to the parking privilege. Price information may vary depending on market conditions and the situation of each parking lot.

The price information can be received from the parking lot provider terminal 200, for example, in association with the corresponding parking lot. The price information may include, for example, a parking fee per unit time, and may include discount information as a parking fee to which a predetermined discount is applied according to the use time of the parking space.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the price information is calculated based on at least one of the number of available parking lots in the parking lot, the number of vehicles (previously reserved for parking) parked at the current time (or desired parking time) Can be calculated.

Alternatively, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the price information may be obtained by calculating the past parking rate, which is the situation most similar to the current parking lot, as price information based on the number of parking vehicles and the price information in the parking lot of the same date and time in the past .

Furthermore, the price information may be changed according to event information received from the parking lot provider terminal 200 corresponding to each parking lot or inputted by the operator of the parking lot information providing apparatus 300. [ For example, the price information can be preset so as to fluctuate temporarily in a time zone where the occupancy rate of the parking space is low, and the price information can be preset so as to be changed as the number of searches or the reservation rate of the parking space increases. .

Thus, instead of each of the parking lot provider terminals 200 corresponding to the respective parking lots manually correcting the prices, the lowest price received from the parking lot provider terminal 200 for the first incoming vehicle is guaranteed, and as the demand subsequently increases It is possible to adjust the supply and demand of the parking lot flexibly while simultaneously promoting the sales by applying the price setting method in which the price increases.

The parking information management unit 310 can receive at least one of the identification information of the parking lot, the parking time information of the parking lot, the price information, and the number of vehicles capable of being parked per unit time from the parking lot provider terminal 200. [

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the parking lot provider inputs information on the available parking time of the corresponding parking lot by using the parking lot provider terminal 200, for example, after 9 pm on weekdays, 24 hours on weekends, To the providing apparatus 300. [ Also, the parking lot provider can directly manage the price information, the number of parking available vehicles, and the like using the parking lot provider terminal 200. [ That is, the parking lot provider can identify the idle parking space according to the situation, provide the information to the parking information providing device 300, and sell the idle parking space to the outside user as a product. The parking lot provider may provide various information such as marketing information related to the parking lot to the parking information providing apparatus 300 and the parking information providing apparatus 300 may utilize the information received from the parking lot provider for parking information search.

The search information receiving unit 320 receives search condition information including location information from the user terminal 100. [

Here, the search condition information includes at least one of position information, parking start time, parking end time, price information, and payment means information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user can search for a parking space in the vicinity of a destination using the user terminal 100. For example, the user can input "Samsung station", "Samsung station exit 2", etc. as the location information in order to park near the exit of No. 2 Samsung station, and the user can enter the estimated arrival time as the parking start time .

The location information may be input by the user or the current location of the user. For example, the location information may be obtained using a GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like.

The payment means information is information associated with the parking fee payment means and may include, for example, cash, a card, electronic money, a coupon, a credit accumulation point, and the like.

The parking information searching unit 330 searches for one or more pieces of parking information among a plurality of parking information based on the search condition information.

The parking information providing apparatus 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a parking information database (not shown) and may store and manage a plurality of parking information. The parking information searching unit 330 can extract one or more pieces of parking information based on the stored parking information and the search condition information.

The parking information providing unit 340 provides the retrieved one or more pieces of parking information to the user terminal 100.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the parking information providing unit 340 can provide one or more parking information based on the location information of the user terminal 100, and can separately provide the parking lot capable of parking. The parking information providing unit 340 may sort and provide one or more pieces of parking information sorted in descending order such as price information, distance between the parking lot and the user terminal 100, or the like.

The parking selection information receiving unit 350 receives parking selection information from the user terminal 100. [

Here, the parking selection information may include information of the parking lot selected by the user for parking. The parking selection information may include, for example, at least one of identification information of the parking lot, parking time information, and price information associated with the parking time information.

The electronic coupon issuing unit 360 issues an electronic coupon based on the parking selection information.

The electronic coupon may include at least one of the identification information of the parking lot, the parking time information, the issuing order, and the random number. The electronic coupon may also include information about the user or the user terminal 100 requesting the issuance of the electronic coupon. The electronic coupon may have unique identification information, and the electronic coupon identification information may be configured as, for example, 'A00200012349' including identification information 'A002' of the parking lot, issuing order '0001', and random number '2349' have. Of course, the electronic coupon identification information may be composed of an image code such as a bar code or a Quick Response (QR) code. When the electronic coupon issuing unit 360 receives the parking selection information from the user terminal 100, the electronic coupon issuing unit 360 can receive the parking fee based on the price information from the user terminal 100 for issuing the electronic coupon. When the payment for the electronic coupon is paid, the payment amount is paid to the operator of the parking information providing apparatus 300, but in some cases, the payment amount may be paid to the parking provider who issued the electronic coupon. At this time, the settlement can be carried out using real money, but it can also be conducted using electronic money such as a point. Of course, according to an embodiment, after the user is issued an electronic coupon without a settlement procedure, the settlement procedure may be performed between the parking lot provider and the user at the time of actual parking using the above-described settlement means.

The electronic coupon issuing unit 360 according to an embodiment of the present invention may transmit the electronic coupon to one or more of the user terminal 100 and the parking lot provider terminal 200. [ For example, the parking information providing apparatus 300 may provide the electronic coupon to the user terminal 100 and the parking lot provider terminal 200, and utilize the electronic coupon in the later settlement process. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a user who has finished using the parking lot can present the electronic coupon to the parking provider at the time of departure, and the parking lot provider verifies whether the electronic coupon matches the electronic coupon issued, Can be settled. For example, when the parking lot provider terminal 200 receives the electronic coupon and the identification number issued to the user terminal 100 and transmits the electronic coupon and the identification number to the parking information providing device 300, the current time information, the identification information of the electronic coupon, It can be recorded that the electronic coupon has been used on the basis of the identification information of the parking lot provider terminal 200. [

On the other hand, the parking information providing unit 340 may provide the information of the parking lot that can be parked at the current time or the time when the user desires to park based on the plurality of electronic coupons issued.

For example, if there are 10 vehicles in the parking lot 'A002' and there are 9 electronic coupons issued at a certain time, an additional electronic coupon will be issued. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the total number of parking vehicles of a specific parking lot and the number of electronic coupons that can be issued at a specific time may be factors of price information calculation. For example, in the case of a parking lot where 10 vehicles can be parked, it is necessary to collect price information so as to collect a higher parking fee at a time when only one electronic coupon can be issued, And the parking information providing device 300 may automatically calculate the price information based on the number of the parkable vehicles, the number of coupons that can be issued, and the like.

The entry information receiving unit 370 receives the entry information from the user terminal 100 or the parking lot provider terminal 200. Herein, the entry information may be information for activating the use state of the specific electronic coupon, may include the user, the user terminal 100, or the identification information of the user vehicle, which is the subject of the entry, .

The entering information may be input by the user directly before or after parking the vehicle in the specific parking lot and transmitted to the parking information providing device 300. Alternatively, when the parking lot provider carries the parking information to the specific parking lot, Or transmitted to the device 300. For example, when the parking lot issuer recognizes the vehicle number of a specific vehicle and the vehicle uses the parking information providing service according to an embodiment of the present invention, the parking lot provider may set the vehicle number of the vehicle, To the parking information providing apparatus 300. [0154] FIG. In another embodiment, the user or the parking garage provider may allow the entry information to be entered, for example, by touching or clicking on an entry confirmation button in an application installed on a smartphone. When the entry information is input as described above, the parking information providing device 300 can activate the electronic coupon issued to the user or the user terminal 100 or the vehicle corresponding to the entry to the 'busy state' .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the parking information providing apparatus 300 can provide alarm information to the user terminal 100 of the user based on the parking selection information input by the user. When the parking information providing device 300 issues an electronic coupon based on the parking selection information of the user, it is determined that the electronic coupon use time is approaching the user terminal 100 a certain time before the parking start time included in the parking selection information Alarm information to be notified can be transmitted. Of course, the user terminal 100 itself may generate and output alarm information based on an electronic coupon issued in advance.

In addition, the parking information providing device 300 can receive the entrance information corresponding to the alarm information from the user terminal 100. [ For example, the parking information providing apparatus 300 can provide alarm information to the user who has issued the electronic coupon to park the vehicle in the parking lot 'A002' from 2 pm to 3 pm, for example, at 2 pm have. The user can easily transmit the entry information to the parking information providing apparatus 300 by, for example, clicking or touching the entry confirmation button included in the alarm information.

The outgoing information receiving unit 380 receives the outgoing information from the user terminal 100 or the parking lot provider terminal 200.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the parking information providing apparatus 300 may provide the alarm information associated with the departure to the user terminal 100 of the user based on the parking selection information input by the user. The outgoing information may be transmitted from the user terminal 100 or from the parking lot provider terminal 200 to the parking information providing device 300. [ For example, it is possible to transmit the outgoing information by reading the identification information included in the electronic coupon issued to the user terminal 100 from the parking lot provider terminal 200 and delivering it to the parking information providing apparatus 300. However, It is not.

The parking information updating unit 390 can update the number of parked vehicles at the current time of the parking lot associated with the parking lot provider terminal 200 based on the outgoing information. The number of parked vehicles at the current time can be subtracted from the contracted number of idle parking spaces so that the number of vehicles that can be parked at the current time can be renewed together with the number of vehicles parked at the current time, have.

The parking information providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 includes steps that are processed in a time-series manner on the parking information providing system shown in FIG. Therefore, the contents described above with respect to the parking information providing system shown in FIG. 2 may be applied to the parking information providing method according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, a parking information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the parking information providing apparatus holds parking information of a plurality of parking lots (S3100).

In step S3100, the parking information providing device can receive at least one of the identification information of the parking lot, the parking time information of the parking lot, the price information, and the number of parking spaces available per unit time from the service provider terminal or the parking lot provider terminal.

The price information received at this time may be determined on the basis of the parking fee collected at each parking lot at the same time in the past, or may be determined based on the parking reservation status or the parking lot usage rate in each parking lot.

For example, the parking information providing apparatus can receive, from the parking lot provider terminal, the parking fee of the past situation most similar to the current parking lot on the basis of the same time as the current parking lot situation and time, You can decide.

In addition, the parking information providing apparatus receives search condition information including position information from the user terminal (S3200).

That is, the parking information providing apparatus can receive at least one of the position information, the price, and the parking time from the user terminal as the search condition information.

Then, the parking information providing apparatus searches for one or more pieces of parking information among the plurality of parking information based on the search condition information (S3300).

At this time, if there is no result matching the search condition information, the parking information providing apparatus can be re-searched based on the predetermined important order among the search condition information received from the user terminal according to one embodiment.

For example, the parking information providing apparatus can search by setting the parking time as the first rank, and making the distance between the user terminal and the vacant parking lot second.

According to another embodiment, the parking information providing apparatus can search according to the most condition among the search condition information received from the user terminal.

In addition, the parking information providing apparatus provides the searched one or more parking information to the user terminal (S3400).

That is, the parking information providing apparatus can sort and provide one or more searched parking information in descending order according to any one of conditions such as price and distance according to the setting of the user.

Further, the parking information providing apparatus may receive the parking selection information from the user terminal (S3500).

Further, the parking information providing apparatus can issue an electronic coupon based on the parking selection information received in step S3500 (S3600). Here, the parking selection information includes at least one of identification information of a parking lot, parking time information, and price information associated with parking time information. Further, the electronic coupon includes at least one of the identification information of the parking lot, the parking time information, the issuing order, and the random number.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S3600, the parking information providing apparatus may transmit the electronic coupon to one or more of the user terminal and the parking lot provider terminal.

Further, the parking information providing apparatus can provide parking information that can be parked at the current time based on the plurality of electronic coupons issued (S3700).

In addition, the parking information providing apparatus may receive the entrance information from the user terminal or the parking lot provider terminal (S3800).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in step S3800, the parking information providing apparatus may provide alarm information to the user terminal based on the parking selection information, and may receive the entrance information corresponding to the alarm information from the user terminal.

Further, the parking information providing apparatus may receive the outgoing information from the user terminal or the parking lot provider terminal (S3900).

Further, the parking information providing apparatus can update the number of parked vehicles at the current time of the parking lot associated with the parking lot provider terminal, based on the outgoing information received in step S3900 (S3990).

The parking information providing method according to the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 3 can also be implemented in the form of a recording medium including instructions executable by a computer such as a program module executed by a computer. Computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a computer and includes both volatile and nonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. In addition, the computer-readable medium may include both computer storage media and communication media. Computer storage media includes both volatile and nonvolatile, removable and non-removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules or other data. Communication media typically includes any information delivery media, including computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated data signal such as a carrier wave, or other transport mechanism.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

The present invention manages parking information of a plurality of parking lots, provides parking information to a user terminal based on a user's search condition, and issues and provides an electronic coupon that can be used in a parking lot in response to a user's request. There is a possibility of industrial application for the method and apparatus of providing.

Claims

A method for providing parking information by a parking information providing apparatus,

(a) maintaining parking information of a plurality of parking lots;

(b) receiving search condition information including location information from a user terminal;

(c) searching at least one of the plurality of parking information based on the search condition information; And

(d) providing the searched one or more parking information to the user terminal.
The method according to claim 1,

The parking information may include:

The identification information of the parking lot, the parking time information of the parking lot, the price information, and the number of parking spaces available per unit time.
3. The method of claim 2,

The above-

The number of available parking lots of the parking lot, the number of vehicles parked at the current time, and the occupation trend of the parking lot of the parking lot.
The method according to claim 1,

The step (a)

Receiving from the service provider terminal or the parking lot provider terminal at least one of the identification information of the parking lot, the parking time information of the parking lot, the price information, and the number of parking vehicles per unit time.
The method according to claim 1,

Wherein the search condition information includes:

Further comprising at least one of a parking start time, a parking end time, price information, and payment means information.
The method according to claim 1,

(e) receiving parking selection information from the user terminal; And

(f) issuing an electronic coupon based on the parking selection information.
The method according to claim 6,

Wherein the parking selection information includes at least one of identification information of a parking lot, parking time information, and price information associated with the parking time information.
The method according to claim 6,

Wherein the electronic coupon includes at least one of identification information of a parking lot, parking time information, issuing order, and a random number.
The method according to claim 6,

The step (f)

And transmitting the electronic coupon to at least one of the user terminal and the parking lot provider terminal.
The method according to claim 6,

(g) providing parking information that can be parked at the current time, based on the plurality of electronic coupons issued.
The method according to claim 6,

(h) receiving the entry information from the user terminal or the parking lot provider terminal.
12. The method of claim 11,

The step (h)

(h-1) providing alarm information to the user terminal based on the parking selection information; And

(h-2) receiving the entry information corresponding to the alarm information from the user terminal.
12. The method of claim 11,

(i) receiving outgoing information from the user terminal or the parking lot provider terminal.
14. The method of claim 13,

(j) updating the parked vehicle number at the current time of the parking lot associated with the parking lot provider terminal, based on the outgoing information.
A parking information providing apparatus for providing parking information,

A parking information management unit for maintaining parking information of a plurality of parking lots;

A search information receiver for receiving search condition information including location information from a user terminal;

A parking information searching unit for searching at least one of the plurality of parking information based on the search condition information; And

And a parking information providing unit for providing the searched one or more parking information to the user terminal.
16. The method of claim 15,

The parking information may include:

The identification information of the parking lot, the parking time information of the parking lot, the price information, and the number of vehicles that can be parked per unit time.
16. The method of claim 15,

A parking selection information receiving unit for receiving parking selection information from the user terminal; And

Further comprising: an electronic coupon issuing unit for issuing an electronic coupon based on the parking selection information.
18. The method of claim 17,

Wherein the parking information providing unit provides a parking space that can be parked at a current time based on a plurality of electronic coupons issued.
19. The method of claim 18,

An entrance information receiver for receiving entrance information from the user terminal or the parking lot provider terminal;

An outgoing information receiver for receiving outbound information from the user terminal or the parking lot provider terminal; And

And a parking information updating unit for updating the number of vehicles parked at the current time of the parking lot associated with the parking lot provider terminal based on the exit information.