Method and system for automated traffic citation payment and processing
First Claim
1. A method for settling a parking citation, comprising the steps of:
- providing an on-line parking citation interface to a user;
connecting said on-line parking citation interface to a receiving application for receiving a predetermined minimal set of information relating to a parking citation;
connecting said receiving application to a polling application for interfacing with a parking citation issuing authority;
communicating said predetermined minimal set of information with said parking citation issuing authority in an information protocol usable by said parking citation issuing authority;
identifying a parking citation from said parking citation issuing authority associated with said minimal set of information; and
electronically transferring funds at the direction of the user from a predetermined electronic funds source to an electronic account associated with said parking citation issuing authority for settling said parking citation.
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Abstract
A method and system for settling a parking citation provides an on-line parking citation interface to a user. The invention connects the on-line parking citation interface to a receiving application for receiving a predetermined minimal set of information relating to a parking citation. The method and system then connect the receiving application to a polling application for interfacing with a parking citation issuing authority. Communicating the predetermined minimal set of information with the parking citation issuing authority in an information protocol usable by the parking citation issuing authority also occurs with the invention. Then, the invention identifies a parking citation from the parking citation issuing authority associated with the minimal set of information. Having identified a parking citation, the method and system permit electronically transferring funds at, the direction of the user, from a predetermined electronic funds source to an electronic account associated with the parking citation issuing authority for settling the parking citation.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for settling a parking citation, comprising the steps of:
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providing an on-line parking citation interface to a user;
connecting said on-line parking citation interface to a receiving application for receiving a predetermined minimal set of information relating to a parking citation;
connecting said receiving application to a polling application for interfacing with a parking citation issuing authority;
communicating said predetermined minimal set of information with said parking citation issuing authority in an information protocol usable by said parking citation issuing authority;
identifying a parking citation from said parking citation issuing authority associated with said minimal set of information; and
electronically transferring funds at the direction of the user from a predetermined electronic funds source to an electronic account associated with said parking citation issuing authority for settling said parking citation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for settling a parking citation, comprising:
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instructions for providing an on-line parking citation interface to a user;
instructions for connecting said on-line parking citation interface to a receiving application for receiving a predetermined minimal set of information relating to a parking citation;
instructions for connecting said receiving application to a polling application for interfacing with a parking citation issuing authority;
instructions for communicating said predetermined minimal set of information with said parking citation issuing authority in an information protocol usable by said parking citation issuing authority;
instructions for identifying a parking citation from said parking citation issuing authority associated with said minimal set of information; and
instructions for electronically transferring funds at the direction of the user from a predetermined electronic funds source to an electronic account associated with said parking citation issuing authority for settling said parking citation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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