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Random and deterministic travel fees

  • US 8,200,529 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2008
  • Issued: 06/12/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for randomly setting a travel fee, comprising:

  • observing by a processing unit a usage attribute of vehicle traffic travelling upon a toll thoroughfare;

    comparing by the processing unit the observed usage attribute to a threshold;

    randomly assigning by the processing unit each one of a plurality of different toll rates to each of a plurality of vehicles as a function of comparing the observed usage attribute to the threshold, each of the plurality of vehicles either travelling upon the toll thoroughfare or potentially entering the toll thoroughfare;

    notifying by the processing unit an occupant of a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles of a one of the plurality of toll rates randomly assigned to the occupant'"'"'s vehicle; and

    charging for travel by the occupant'"'"'s vehicle at the one randomly assigned toll rate.

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