PARKING INVENTORY AND RESERVATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE PARKING SUBSCRIPTIONS

摘要

Techniques relating to flexible parking subscriptions using a parking inventory and reservation management system are provided. A flexible parking subscription is a hybrid subscription that provides parking patrons with access to longer term parking plans (e.g. monthly) with the flexibility of daily parking options. Generally, a reservation engine manages an inventory pool of parking spaces from participating parking lots using real-time inventory management and on-demand access to lot inventories. Patrons can request assignments from available inventory using a reservation application such as a mobile app or online portal. For example, patrons can request daily assignments for an upcoming week. The reservation engine assigns parking spaces from the inventory pool based on patron requests, available inventory and default assignments. The system can perform usage analytics to predict optimal occupancy levels and/or guaranteed minimum reservations from lots, and can automatically apply the predicted levels and/or guaranteed minimums (e.g., on a monthly basis).