Abstract: Systems and methods for facilitating parking sessions are provided. The system including at least one server that is configured to: receive through a communication network, from a first remote user equipment (UE) device, information associating a unique identification (UID) encoded on an passive NFC tag with a parking zone identification (ID) that identifies a physical parking zone; update a database to associate the UID with the parking zone ID and parking rate data for the physical parking zone; host or receive a URL that includes the UID; receive, through the communication network, a message including: a license plate number from a second remote user equipment (UE) device that has read the URL from the NFC tag; and record a parking session for the license plate number for the parking zone based on the message from the second remote UE.

Abstract: The present invention relates to systems (100) and methods used in marketing goods and services. The system includes a call router (124) which determines how a dialler (116) routes outbound calls to sales consultants, based on the output of a consultants skills model (122). The controller (118) also includes a lead sorting component (126) which performs propensity based sorting of sales leads based on the output of a sales propensity model (120). The output of the propensity sorting component is provided to the dialler (116) to control the ordering of the dialling of customers.