METHOD FOR ROAD USE CREDIT TRACKING AND EXCHANGE
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1. A method of administering a road use credit system by an administrator, the method comprising:
- a. enrolling a plurality of motorists in the road use credit system, and establishing an account for each motorist with a pre-allocated number of road use credits;
b. receiving data of the road use of each motorist and deducting a pre-determined amount of road use credits from the motorist'"'"'s account based on the motorist'"'"'s road use data;
c. providing an interface by which the motorists can purchase additional road use credits, and adding the additional road use credits to a motorist'"'"'s account when purchased;
d. providing an interface by which the motorists can communicate with other motorists to negotiate purchase, sale and transfer transactions of their road use credits, and adjusting the balance of road use credits in each of the motorists'"'"' accounts at the completion of each said transaction.
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The invention provides a method of administering a road use credit system. The method allows motorists to buy and sell road use credits. The road-use credits are redeemable for road use in a chargeable area. Motorists may be tracked by satellite using an on-board device to determine and calculate chargeable road use. A road use credit exchange is also provided.
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1. A method of administering a road use credit system by an administrator, the method comprising:
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a. enrolling a plurality of motorists in the road use credit system, and establishing an account for each motorist with a pre-allocated number of road use credits; b. receiving data of the road use of each motorist and deducting a pre-determined amount of road use credits from the motorist'"'"'s account based on the motorist'"'"'s road use data; c. providing an interface by which the motorists can purchase additional road use credits, and adding the additional road use credits to a motorist'"'"'s account when purchased; d. providing an interface by which the motorists can communicate with other motorists to negotiate purchase, sale and transfer transactions of their road use credits, and adjusting the balance of road use credits in each of the motorists'"'"' accounts at the completion of each said transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of enabling a transaction in road use credits between a first motorist and a second motorist, the method comprising:
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a. receiving an offer proposal from a first motorist having a number of road use credits; b. receiving a purchase proposal from a second motorist wishing to acquire the number of road use credits held by the first motorist; c. verifying a payment received by the first motorist from the second motorist for the road use credits, or an authorization by the first motorist permitting a transfer of the road use credits without payment; and d. contingent on step (c), deducting the number of road use credits from an account of the first motorist, and adding the number of road use credits to an account of the second motorist. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of enabling exchange transactions in road use credits among a plurality of motorists having accounts of road use credits, the method comprising:
providing a commodities exchange for the motorists to trade road use credits between and among themselves, such that a first subset of motorists have credits debited from their accounts in exchange for payments issued by the exchange, and a second subset of motorists have credits credited to their accounts in exchange for payments paid to the exchange by the second subset of motorists. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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