Patent US 11,100,799

A method for operating a system for checking parking probabilities is specified. The method involves the backend being provided with a parking probability q that needs to be checked for at least one parking segment within a prescribed area at a prescribed test time. The backend is further provided with parking information representative of a number N of parking spaces within the parking segment. A proportion p of the vehicles associated with the system from a total number of vehicles within the prescribed area is ascertained. A K number of vehicles associated with the system that are parking in the respective parking segment at the test time is ascertained. A K number of vehicles associated with the system that are parking in the respective parking segment at the test time are ascertained. A proportion p is used a basis for ascertaining whether the parking probability q is plausible.