ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,712, issued on April 14, was assigned to IPS Group Inc. (San Diego).
"Parking meter communications for remote payment with updated display" was invented by David William King (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) and Chad P. Randall (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parking meter receives data indicative of a remote payment being completed and displays an amount of time purchased by the remote payment for a parking session. The parking meter determines an amount of time remaining in the parking session and powers down at least a portion of a meter communication subsystem subsequent to receiving the data indicative of the remote paymen...