ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,518, issued on June 17, was assigned to Liberty PlugIns Inc. (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
"Method and apparatus for parking lot metering" was invented by William Gibbens Redmann (Glendale, Calif.) and Chris Outwater (Santa Barbara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for parking lot metering. The present invention allows multi-space meters to separately manage and control premium parking spaces, such as those for charging electric vehicles or those which supply electric power for engine block heaters in both pay-by-space and pay-an-display systems. Such premium spaces can be managed together over large areas (e.g...