Electronic toll management
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1. A computerized method comprising:
- capturing an image of a vehicle triggered by a transaction event representing an interaction between the vehicle and a facility;
determining a vehicle identifier based on the captured image;
checking whether the vehicle identifier matches a vehicle identifier provided by a party; and
notifying the party of an occurrence of a match.
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Abstract
Electronic toll management includes capturing an image of a vehicle triggered by a transaction event representing an interaction between the vehicle and a facility, determining a vehicle identifier based on the captured image, checking whether the vehicle identifier matches a vehicle identifier provided by a party, and notifying the party of an occurrence of a match.
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1. A computerized method comprising:
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capturing an image of a vehicle triggered by a transaction event representing an interaction between the vehicle and a facility;
determining a vehicle identifier based on the captured image;
checking whether the vehicle identifier matches a vehicle identifier provided by a party; and
notifying the party of an occurrence of a match. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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a database for storing vehicle identifiers and vehicle identifiers provided by a party;
a facility configured to capture and process images of vehicles that interact with the facility; and
a computer system configured to communicate with the database and the facility, the computer system for;
processing an image of a vehicle triggered by a transaction event representing an interaction between the vehicle and the facility, determining a vehicle identifier based on the captured image, checking whether the vehicle identifier matches a vehicle identifier provided by the party, and notifying the party of an occurrence of a match. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing machine-executable instructions that, when applied to the machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
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capturing an image of a vehicle triggered by a transaction event representing an interaction between the vehicle and the facility;
determining a vehicle identifier based on the captured image;
checking whether the vehicle identifier matches a vehicle identifier provided by a party; and
notifying the party of an occurrence of a match. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A computerized method comprising:
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capturing an image of a vehicle triggered by a transaction event representing an interaction between the vehicle and a facility;
determining a vehicle identifier based on the captured image;
determining a party associated with the vehicle identifier by searching one or more vehicle registration authority databases each being associated with a particular jurisdiction, using the vehicle identifier as a key for searching the databases; and
processing payment from the party associated with the vehicle identifier based on the transaction event, wherein processing payment is performed for each vehicle interacting with the facility. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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