Payment of highway tolls via a mobile telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a starting location of a mobile telecommunications device associated with a network of a mobile telecommunications service provider;
receiving a destination;
generating a calculated route based on the starting location and the destination;
receiving a message from one of a plurality of microcell transceivers of the network of the mobile telecommunications service provider, the plurality of microcell transceivers associated with a toll plaza along the calculated route, each of the plurality of microcell transceivers installed at a respective one of a plurality of toll booths of the toll plaza; and
recording based on the message, a date and a time at which the mobile telecommunications device passed through one of the plurality of toll booths of the toll plaza.
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Abstract
Disclosed are method and apparatus for processing of highway toll payments by a mobile telecommunications service provider. A mobile telecommunications device communicates with a mobile telecommunications service provider. The mobile telecommunications service provider receives a request to calculate a route to a destination. The mobile telecommunications service provider determines the location of the mobile telecommunications device from a global navigation satellite system or from a mobile telecommunications network and calculates a route. The mobile telecommunications service provider then identifies toll booths along the calculated route. The mobile telecommunications service provider pre-pays the tolls. The mobile telecommunications service provider sends turn-by-turn instructions to the mobile telecommunications device and tracks the location of the mobile telecommunications device and records the date and time at which the mobile telecommunications device passes through a toll booth.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a starting location of a mobile telecommunications device associated with a network of a mobile telecommunications service provider; receiving a destination; generating a calculated route based on the starting location and the destination; receiving a message from one of a plurality of microcell transceivers of the network of the mobile telecommunications service provider, the plurality of microcell transceivers associated with a toll plaza along the calculated route, each of the plurality of microcell transceivers installed at a respective one of a plurality of toll booths of the toll plaza; and recording based on the message, a date and a time at which the mobile telecommunications device passed through one of the plurality of toll booths of the toll plaza. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising; receiving a starting location of a mobile telecommunications device associated with a network of a mobile telecommunications service provider; receiving a destination; generating a calculated route based on the starting location and the destination; receiving a message from one of a plurality of microcell transceivers of the network of the mobile telecommunications service provider, the plurality of microcell transceivers associated with a toll plaza along the calculated route, each of the plurality of microcell transceivers a installed at a respective one of a plurality of toll booths of the toll plaza; and recording based on the message, a date and a time at which the mobile telecommunications device passed through one of the plurality of toll booths of the toll plaza. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a starting location of a mobile telecommunications device associated with a network of a mobile telecommunications service provider; receiving a destination; generating a calculated route based on the starting location and the destination; receiving a message from one of a plurality of microcell transceivers of the network of the mobile telecommunications service provider, the plurality of microcell transceivers associated with a toll plaza along the calculated route, each of the plurality of microcell transceivers associated with installed at a respective one of a plurality of toll booths of the toll plaza; and recording based on the message, a date and a time at which the mobile telecommunications device passed through one of the plurality of toll booths of the toll plaza. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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