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Electronic toll payment

  • US 5,857,152 A
  • Filed: 10/03/1996
  • Issued: 01/05/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for toll payment by mobiles comprising:

  • a communication device and an electronic purse coupled to the device located on each mobile, the electronic purse being part of an electronic cash system;

    localiser means for localizing the communication devices;

    a remote communication system for communicating with the mobile communication devices to effect toll payments by exchanging cryptographically secure value transfer messages;

    means for obtaining a mobile identifier identifying the communication device or the mobile carrying the electronic purse;

    means for correlating temporarily the mobile identifier with an identifier for the electronic purse; and

    means for (a) discarding the mobile identifier if the toll payment transaction is completed satisfactorily or (b) discarding the purse identifier if the toll payment transaction fails.

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