Embodiments described herein relate to anonymization of parking events such that parking events may be used by location-based service providers without revealing a target associated with the respective parking events. Methods may include: receiving an indication of a parking event; map-matching the parking event to a parking event road segment; identifying candidate road segments, wherein the candidate road segments are connected directly or indirectly to the parking event road segment; selecting a road segment of the candidate road segments; updating the parking event to be an updated parking event associated with the selected road segment; and providing the updated parking event to a location-based service provider.


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    Title :

    METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ANONYMIZED ESTIMATION OF PARKING AVAILABILITY


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    Publication date :

    2022-06-02


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G01C Messen von Entfernungen, Höhen, Neigungen oder Richtungen , MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS / G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS





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