VEHICULAR CITATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A vehicle citation management method comprising:
- receiving a signal associated with a citation, the signal carrying identification information corresponding to a vehicle that was involved with a violation and carrying citation information relating to the violation;
determining whether the vehicle identification information in the received signal matches vehicle identification information stored in memory; and
if it is determined that the vehicle identification information in the received signal matches vehicle identification information stored in memory, transmitting a signal to end user equipment based on contact information stored in memory, wherein the contact information corresponds to the matching vehicle identification information stored in memory, and wherein the transmitted signal is carrying the citation information.
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Abstract
A method and a system capable of capturing, storing and managing information relating to vehicle citations and/or vehicle violations that occur across one or more jurisdictions, locally, nationally and even internationally. The method and system also being capable of providing timely notification of the citations and/or violations, regardless of the jurisdiction, and regardless whether the owner of the vehicle is at home to receive a citation in the mail. The method and system still further capable of maintaining a complete and comprehensive list of all citations pending and paid, and an efficient and effective means to pay any fines associated with one or more citations in a single transaction.
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1. A vehicle citation management method comprising:
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receiving a signal associated with a citation, the signal carrying identification information corresponding to a vehicle that was involved with a violation and carrying citation information relating to the violation; determining whether the vehicle identification information in the received signal matches vehicle identification information stored in memory; and if it is determined that the vehicle identification information in the received signal matches vehicle identification information stored in memory, transmitting a signal to end user equipment based on contact information stored in memory, wherein the contact information corresponds to the matching vehicle identification information stored in memory, and wherein the transmitted signal is carrying the citation information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for managing violations associated with a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving a signal carrying identification information corresponding to a vehicle that was involved with a violation, and carrying information relating to the violation; determining whether the vehicle identification information in the received signal matches vehicle identification information stored in memory; and if it is determined that the vehicle identification information in the received signal matches vehicle identification information stored in memory, transmitting a signal to end user equipment based on contact information stored in memory, wherein the contact information corresponds to the matching vehicle identification information stored in memory, and wherein the transmitted signal is carrying information relating to the violation. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A vehicle citation management method comprising:
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receiving a signal from each of a plurality of network devices, each signal carrying identification information for a vehicle that was involved with a plurality of violations and carrying citation information relating to each of the plurality of violations; for each of the received signals, determining whether the vehicle identification information in the corresponding, received signal matches vehicle identification information stored in memory and, if it is determined that the vehicle identification information in the corresponding, received signal matches vehicle identification information stored in memory, transmitting a signal to end user equipment based on contact information stored in memory, wherein the contact information corresponds to the matching vehicle identification information stored in memory, and wherein the transmitted signal is carrying the citation information in the corresponding, received signal. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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