Patents by Inventor GRITTY T. GEBREMESKEL

GRITTY T. GEBREMESKEL has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for parking vehicles using a mobile computing device
    Patent number: 10339749
    Abstract: A system and method for parking vehicles using a mobile computing device in which a network of garages and a network of valets are created so that a user can search a given geographical location for a set of parking options including self parking destinations and prices and valet destinations and prices, the user can select an option, upon arrival at the location the user scans an In-App QR code which checks the balance in a user's credit account, the credit account is replenished if necessary, the estimated parking charge is automatically deducted from the user's account and distributed to the garage and the management accounts, and when the user departs the parking location or is picked up by the valet at time desired by the user, the system closes the parking session, calculates the total charges due, deducts the additional charges from the user account and distributes the payment to the garage and the management service provider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Rapid Lane, LLC
    Inventors: Gritty T. Gebremeskel, Binyam Haileselassie, Marie Kamali, Yordanos Merawi, Edward C. Singer, Jr., Biruk W. Tadesse, Estifanos G. Wolde
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARKING VEHICLES USING A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180182200
    Abstract: A system and method for parking vehicles using a mobile computing device in which a network of garages and a network of valets are created so that a user can search a given geographical location for a set of parking options including self parking destinations and prices and valet destinations and prices, the user can select an option, upon arrival at the location the user scans an In-App QR code which checks the balance in a user's credit account, the credit account is replenished if necessary, the estimated parking charge is automatically deducted from the user's account and distributed to the garage and the management accounts, and when the user departs the parking location or is picked up by the valet at time desired by the user, the system closes the parking session, calculates the total charges due, deducts the additional charges from the user account and distributes the payment to the garage and the management service provider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: GRITTY T. GEBREMESKEL, BINYAM HAILESELASSSIE, MARIE KAMALI, YORDANOS MERAWI, EDWARD C. SINGER, JR., BIRUK W. TADESSE, ESTIFANOS G. WOLDE