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Travel fee rate setting based upon travel mode and convenience

  • US 7,979,292 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2008
  • Issued: 07/12/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for charging a travel fee as a function of an ease of access to a travel option, comprising:

  • providing a plurality of travel options, each of the travel options having a different environmental-friendliness value;

    ranking each of the plurality of travel options from highest to lowest as a function of the different environmental-friendliness values;

    setting each of a plurality of different rates for each of the plurality of travel options, the rates set progressively lower as a function of the highest-to-lowest ranking of the environmental-friendliness values of the travel options;

    the traveler selecting and using one of the plurality of travel options;

    determining, via a programmable device, an ease of access of the traveler to the selected one of the travel options; and

    charging, via a programmable device, a travel fee to the traveler for the selected travel option use as a function of the rate set for the selected travel option and the determined ease of access of the traveler to the selected travel option.

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