System for electronic payment and monitoring of fees
First Claim
1. A system for the payment and monitoring of fees which includes a personal device carried by a user and activatable by the user for deduction of a payable fee by electronic payment means for a particular location, the personal device having a wireless communication means for communication with a monitoring device which communicates with the personal device to confirm/ascertain that the personal device has been activated and has or is deducting the required fee, the monitoring and/or the personal device includes a location-recording unit so that deduction of the fee is identified as being for the particular location.
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A system for the payment and monitoring of fees which includes a personal device carried by a user and a monitoring device which communicates with the personal device to confirm/ascertain that the personal device has been activated to deduct the required fee.
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- 1. A system for the payment and monitoring of fees which includes a personal device carried by a user and activatable by the user for deduction of a payable fee by electronic payment means for a particular location, the personal device having a wireless communication means for communication with a monitoring device which communicates with the personal device to confirm/ascertain that the personal device has been activated and has or is deducting the required fee, the monitoring and/or the personal device includes a location-recording unit so that deduction of the fee is identified as being for the particular location.
- 24. A system for the collection and monitoring of fees known as road user charges in which a personal device activatable by a user for deduction of a payable fee by electronic payment means, the personal device having a wireless communication means for communication with a monitoring device which communicates with the personal device to confirm/ascertain that the personal device has been activated to deduct the required fee, the personal device being either linked electronically to a vehicle'"'"'s odometer or to an internal GPS device to measure distance traveled.
- 33. A system for the collection and monitoring of a fee known as an entrance fee or entrance tax, which includes a personal device carried by a user and activatable by the user for deduction of a payable fee by electronic payment means, the personal device having a wireless communication means with an external device which communicates with the personal device to confirm/ascertain that the personal device has been activated and has or is deducting the required fee, the monitoring and/or the personal device includes a location-recording unit so that deduction of a fee is made when the user passes the external device at a particular location.
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