VEHICULAR VIOLATION FINE PAYMENT USING PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20160132845A1
• Filed: 11/07/2014
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Conduent Business Services, LLC (Conduent, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: DERASMO, ANTHONY, SRIRAM, ARVIND, GOLZIO, JOHN L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,811,812 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3276 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/02 taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems G07B15/06 takes precedence; taximeters G07B13/00; parking meters per se G07F17/24; car rental systems per se G07B15/00

Abstract

Methods and systems read a computer readable code on a printed vehicular violation using an optical sensor of a portable computing device and access a vehicular violation database to identify a registered vehicle corresponding to data in the computer readable code. The methods and systems retrieve a vehicular violation history for the registered vehicle. The vehicular violation history is a history of vehicular violations maintained by the vehicular violation database related to the registered vehicle, and includes a payment status of fines associated with the vehicular violations. The methods and systems therefore display this vehicular violation history and display an option to pay one or more of the fines on the graphic user interface. The methods and systems then receive payment information into the graphic user interface, and process the payment of one or more of the fines through the portable computing device, using the payment information provided.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

reading a computer readable code on a printed vehicular violation using an optical sensor of a portable computing device;

accessing a vehicular violation database operatively connected to said portable computing device to identify a registered vehicle corresponding to data in said computer readable code, using said portable computing device;

retrieving a vehicular violation history for said registered vehicle using said portable computing device, said vehicular violation history comprising a history of multiple vehicular violations maintained by said vehicular violation database related to said registered vehicle and a payment status of fines associated with said vehicular violations;

displaying said vehicular violation history and displaying an option to pay one or more of said fines on a graphic user interface of said portable computing device;

receiving payment information into said graphic user interface for payment of said one or more of said fines; and

processing said payment of said one or more of said fines through said portable computing device using said payment information.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying an option on said graphic user interface to set a reminder to pay said one or more of said fines at a future time and date.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising displaying an alert on said graphic user interface at a time and date corresponding to said reminder, said alert providing an option to perform said processing said payment on said graphic user interface.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a geographic location corresponding to where said printed vehicular violation was obtained into said portable computing device,

said accessing said vehicular violation database comprising accessing a database associated with said geographic location.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing an option to change a trial date for said vehicular violations on said graphic user interface.

6. The method according to claim 1, said portable computing device comprising one of a portable computer, a tablet, and a smart phone, and

said optical sensor comprising a camera device of said portable computing device.

7. The method according to claim 1, said computer readable code comprising one of a barcode, a glyph, and a quick reference (QR) code.

8. A method comprising:

reading a computer readable code on a printed vehicular violation using an optical sensor of a portable computing device;

accessing a vehicular violation database operatively connected to said portable computing device to identify a registered vehicle corresponding to data in said computer readable code, using said portable computing device;

confirming a right to access data by receiving data of said registered vehicle not provided on said printed vehicular violation into an input field on a graphic user interface of said portable computing device;

upon confirming said right to access, retrieving a vehicular violation history for said registered vehicle using said portable computing device, said vehicular violation history comprising a history of multiple vehicular violations maintained by said vehicular violation database related to said registered vehicle and a payment status of fines associated with said vehicular violations;

displaying said vehicular violation history and displaying an option to pay one or more of said fines on said graphic user interface;

receiving payment information into said graphic user interface for payment of said one or more of said fines; and

processing said payment of said one or more of said fines through said portable computing device using said payment information.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising displaying an option on said graphic user interface to set a reminder to pay said one or more of said fines at a future time and date.

10. The method according to claim 9, said data of said registered vehicle not provided on said printed vehicular violation comprising at least one of

a name of an owner of said registered vehicle;

and

an address of said owner.

11. The method according to claim 8, further comprising receiving a geographic location corresponding to where said printed vehicular violation was obtained into said portable computing device,

said accessing said vehicular violation database comprising accessing a database associated with said geographic location.

12. The method according to claim 8, further comprising providing an option to change a trial date for said vehicular violations on said graphic user interface.

13. The method according to claim 8, said portable computing device comprising one of a portable computer, a tablet, and a smart phone, and said optical sensor comprising a camera device of said portable computing device.

14. The method according to claim 8, said computer readable code comprising one of a barcode, a glyph, and a quick reference (QR) code.

15. A system comprising:

a server application operating on a computerized device maintaining a vehicular violation database; and

a remote application in communication with said server application and operating on a portable computing device operatively connected to said computerized device over a network,

said remote application causing an optical sensor of said portable computing device to read a computer readable code on a printed vehicular violation,

said server application accessing said vehicular violation database to identify a registered vehicle corresponding to data in said computer readable code,

said server application retrieving a vehicular violation history for said registered vehicle,

said vehicular violation history comprising a history of multiple vehicular violations maintained by said vehicular violation database related to said registered vehicle and a payment status of fines associated with said vehicular violations,

said remote application causing a graphic user interface of said portable computing device to display said vehicular violation history and display an option to pay one or more of said fines,

said remote application receiving payment information through said graphic user interface for payment of said one or more of said fines, and

said server application processing said payment of said one or more of said fines using said payment information.

16. The system according to claim 15, said remote application causing said graphic user interface to display an option to set a reminder to pay said one or more of said fines at a future time and date.

17. The system according to claim 16, said remote application causing said graphic user interface to display an alert at a time and date corresponding to said reminder, said alert providing an option to perform said processing said payment on said graphic user interface.

18. The system according to claim 15, said remote application causing said graphic user interface to receive a geographic location corresponding to where said printed vehicular violation was obtained,

said remote application accessing said vehicular violation database by accessing a database associated with said geographic location.

19. The system according to claim 15, said remote application causing said graphic user interface to provide an option to change a trial date for said vehicular violations.

20. The system according to claim 15, said computer readable code comprising one of a barcode, a glyph, and a quick reference (QR) code.