/Systems And Methods For Weather-related Vehicle Damage Prevention
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for providing covered parking to vehicles is provided. The method may include transmitting a location identifier of a covered parking location and a communication address of a covered parking location (CPL) computing device to a vehicle computing device and/or an insurance computing device. The method may further include transmitting a signal to the vehicle computing device indicating a number of available parking spots of the covered parking location when the vehicle computing device contacts the CPL computing device, receiving a request from the vehicle computing device to reserve a parking spot of the covered parking location, determining whether to accept the request, and transmitting a response to the vehicle computing device. Accepting the request causes the CPL computing device to permit a vehicle associated with the vehicle computing device access to the covered parking location.

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What is claimed is:

A computer-implemented method for providing covered parking to vehicles is provided. The method may include transmitting a location identifier of a covered parking location and a communication address of a covered parking location (CPL) computing device to a vehicle computing device and/or an insurance computing device. The method may further include transmitting a signal to the vehicle computing device indicating a number of available parking spots of the covered parking location when the vehicle computing device contacts the CPL computing device, receiving a request from the vehicle computing device to reserve a parking spot of the covered parking location, determining whether to accept the request, and transmitting a response to the vehicle computing device. Accepting the request causes the CPL computing device to permit a vehicle associated with the vehicle computing device access to the covered parking location.
Timeline
Filed
03/19/2026
Published
07/23/2026
Granted
Not Available
IPC Codes(5)
G06Q 40/08:Insurance
G06Q 10/02:Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
G07B 15/02:taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems (takes precedence G07B 15/06; taximeters G07B 13/00; parking meters per se G07F 17/24)