Patent Application 18094938 - MultiPark Valet Parking Application

Title: MultiPark Valet Parking Application
Application Information

Invention Title: MultiPark Valet Parking Application
Application Number: 18094938
Submission Date: 2025-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
Effective Filing Date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
Filing Date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
National Class: 705
National Sub-Class: 005000
Examiner Employee Number: 82236
Art Unit: 2648
Tech Center: 2600
Rejection Summary

102 Rejections: 1
103 Rejections: 0
Cited Patents

The following patents were cited in the rejection:
US 0130891🔗
Office Action Text


    DETAILED ACTION

Notice of Pre-AIA  or AIA  Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .

Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –

(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.


Claims 1-9 and 12-13 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Bogaard et al. (US 2012/0130891 herein Bogaard).
Regarding claim 1, Bogaard teaches a vehicle valet system comprising: a plurality of front, back and lateral RF (radio frequency) decals respectively disposed on the vehicle configured to provide a 360 degree overall RF coverage of the vehicle (read as one or more vehicle identifiers 13 associated with the vehicle information; barcode images of the vehicle identifier 13; vehicle identifier 13 is preferably located on the vehicle 12) (Bogaard – [0032], [0034], [0036]); 
a trigger of at least two of the RF decals via an encoded cell phone signal to verify an identification and a tracking of the vehicle (read as data encoded in a wireless signal such as RF signal or Bluetooth signal) (Bogaard – [0038]); and 
an electronic circuit of a state machine decal configured to providing associated services for the vehicle while parked and a payment directly from a car owner to a service provider as a third party (read as processing a transaction between the payment provider and parking supplier S800) (Bogaard – [0031], [0033]).
Regarding claim 2 as applied to claim 1, Bogaard further teaches wherein the front, the back and the lateral RF decals comprise an overlapping coverage of the vehicle (read as one or more vehicle identifiers 13 associated with the vehicle information; barcode images of the vehicle identifier 13; vehicle identifier 13 is preferably located on the vehicle 12) (Bogaard – [0032], [0034], [0036]).
Regarding claim 3 as applied to claim 1, Bogaard further teaches wherein the front, the back and the lateral RF decals provide a 360 degree overlapping RF coverage of the vehicle (read as one or more vehicle identifiers 13 associated with the vehicle information; barcode images of the vehicle identifier 13; vehicle identifier 13 is preferably located on the vehicle 12) (Bogaard – [0032], [0034], [0036]).
Regarding claim 4 as applied to claim 1, Bogaard further teaches comprising a state of the electronic state machine configured to determine associated services for the vehicle while parked (read as parking related services) (Bogaard – [0051]).
Regarding claim 5 as applied to claim 1, Bogaard further teaches comprising a state of the electronic state machine configured to reserve a new valet reservation via a GPS (global positioning satellite) location of the vehicle, a location of a selected valet provider and a drop-off and pickup time disclosure (Bogaard – [0035], [0045], [0064], [0080]).
Regarding claim 6 as applied to claim 1, Bogaard further teaches comprising a state of the electronic state machine configured to reserve an existing valet reservation via modifying a drop-off and a pickup time (read as user 10 might be prompted to confirm whether they want to reserve the selected parking space and if so for what duration of time) (Bogaard – [0084]).
Regarding claim 7 as applied to claim 1, Bogaard further teaches comprising a state of the electronic state machine configured to reserve a favorite valet provider reservation via a predetermined GPS location of the vehicle, a predetermined location of a favorite valet provider and a predetermined drop-off and pickup time (Bogaard – [0035], [0045], [0064], [0080], [0084]).
Regarding claim 8 as applied to claim 1, Bogaard further teaches comprising a state of the electronic state machine configured to rent the vehicle to a third party for a time the vehicle is to be parked (Bogaard – [0033], [0036]).
Regarding claim 9 as applied to claim 1, Bogaard further teaches comprising a QR (quick response) code sticker on the vehicle configured to be scanned with a mobile phone or police scanner to identify an owner of the vehicle (read as barcode or a QR code) (Bogaard – [0038], [0050]).
Regarding claim 12 as applied to claim 1, Bogaard further teaches comprising a state of the electronic state machine configured to enable a pickup of the vehicle from a third party vehicle rental provider (Bogaard – [0033], [0036]).
Regarding claim 13 as applied to claim 1, Bogaard further teaches comprising a state of the electronic state machine configured to a protocol for renting and servicing the vehicle while parked (Bogaard – [0033], [0036]).

Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 10, 11, and 14 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.

Conclusion
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/APRIL G GONZALES/          Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2648