System for toll payment and transportation management
First Claim
1. A toll payment system which comprises:
- a portable telephone on a car of a contractor of electronic toll payment service;
base stations connected with said portable telephone; and
a server connected with said base stations, wherein said server comprises;
a first memory for storing locations of said base stations;
a second memory for storing names of contractors or their car numbers and unit toll for each section along a highway;
a driving route identification unit for identifying a driving route of said portable telephone on the basis of said locations of said base station which are connected with said portable telephone;
a toll calculation unit for calculating a toll on the basis of said unit toll and the identified driving route; and
a toll charging unit for charging said portable telephone the calculated toll.
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to pay a toll without stopping a car and without providing a special lane for electronic payment, thereby reducing a traffic jam. The toll payment system comprises a portable telephone on a car, a base station connected with the portable telephone, a server connected with the base station. The server comprises a first memory for storing a location of the base station, a second memory for storing a unit price for each section along the highway and data identifying a contractor or contracted car, a driving route identification unit for identifying a driving route on the basis of the location stored in the first memory and a base station connected under a certain manner, a toll calculation, and a charging unit.
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23 Claims
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1. A toll payment system which comprises:
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a portable telephone on a car of a contractor of electronic toll payment service;
base stations connected with said portable telephone; and
a server connected with said base stations, wherein said server comprises;
a first memory for storing locations of said base stations;
a second memory for storing names of contractors or their car numbers and unit toll for each section along a highway;
a driving route identification unit for identifying a driving route of said portable telephone on the basis of said locations of said base station which are connected with said portable telephone;
a toll calculation unit for calculating a toll on the basis of said unit toll and the identified driving route; and
a toll charging unit for charging said portable telephone the calculated toll. - View Dependent Claims (3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15)
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2. A toll payment system which comprises:
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a portable telephone on a car of a contractor of electronic toll payment service;
base stations connected with said portable telephone; and
a server connected with said base stations, wherein;
said portable telephone comprises GPS unit for identifying its location, said server comprises;
a second memory for storing names of contractors or their car numbers and unit toll for each section along a highway;
a driving route identification unit for identifying a driving route of said portable telephone on the basis of said locations measured by said GPS unit;
a toll calculation unit for calculating a toll on the basis of said unit toll and the identified driving route; and
a toll charging unit for charging said portable telephone the calculated toll. - View Dependent Claims (4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 16)
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17. A toll payment method using a portable telephone on a car of a contractor of electronic toll payment service, base stations connected with said portable telephone and a server connected with said base stations, which comprises the steps of:
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storing names of contractors or their car numbers and unit toll for each section along a highway;
identifying a driving route of said portable telephone on the basis of said locations of said base station which are connected with said portable telephone;
calculating a toll on the basis of said unit toll and the identified driving route; and
charging said portable telephone the calculated toll.
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18. A toll payment method using a portable telephone with GPS unit on a car of a contractor of electronic toll payment service, base stations connected with said portable telephone and a server connected with said base stations, which comprises the steps of
storing names of contractors or their car numbers and unit toll for each section along a highway; -
identifying a driving route of said portable telephone on the basis of said locations measured by said GPS unit;
calculating a toll on the basis of said unit toll and the identified driving route; and
charging said portable telephone the calculated toll.
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19. A computer program product for executing a toll payment method using a portable telephone on a car of a contractor of electronic toll payment service, base stations connected with said portable telephone and a server connected with said base stations, which records the steps of:
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storing names of contractors or their car numbers and unit toll for each section along a highway;
identifying a driving route of said portable telephone on the basis of said locations of said base station which are connected with said portable telephone;
calculating a toll on the basis of said unit toll and the identified driving route; and
charging said portable telephone the calculated toll.
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20. A computer program product for executing a toll payment method using a portable telephone with GPS unit on a car of a contractor of electronic toll payment service, base stations connected with said portable telephone and a server connected with said base stations, which records the steps of:
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storing names of contractors or their car numbers and unit toll for each section along a highway;
identifying a driving route of said portable telephone on the basis of said locations measured by said GPS unit;
calculating a toll on the basis of said unit toll and the identified driving route; and
charging said portable telephone the calculated toll.
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21. A transportation management system which comprises:
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a portable telephone;
radio base stations connected with said portable telephone in their communication areas; and
a server connected with said radio base stations, wherein said server comprises;
a first memory for storing said radio base stations and their locations;
a second memory for storing a name of contractor of said portable telephone and a number of car of said contractor; and
a driving route identification unit for identifying a driving route of said car on the basis of the location stored in said first memory of the radio base station connected with said portable telephone. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A computer program product for a transportation management system which records the steps of:
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storing a name of contractor of said portable telephone and a number of car of said contractor and tolls for each section;
identifying a driving route of said car on the basis of the location of the radio base station connected with said portable telephone, particularly identifying said driving route on the basis of the location stored in said first memory of the radio base station which includes a section where exterior electromagnetic wave is shielded, but can be connected with said portable telephone.
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Specification