METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOLL PAYMENT SERVICE
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1. A method for providing a toll payment service, the method comprising:
- utilizing at least one processor to perform the following;
establishing, by a renter, a toll payment account with a vehicle operator via a third-party entity;
providing, to the renter, a toll payment service option;
determining whether the renter has accepted the toll payment service option;
responsive to a determination that the renter has accepted the toll payment service option, adding toll-usage credit to the toll payment account of the renter for an amount based upon anticipated needs of the renter prior to toll usage; and
wherein the toll-usage credit from the toll payment account is utilized for paying one or more toll authorities for toll usage.
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Abstract
A method for providing a toll payment service, the method includes establishing, by a renter, a toll payment account with a vehicle operator via a third-party entity, providing, to the renter, a toll payment service option, and determining whether the renter has accepted the toll payment service option. Responsive to a determination that the renter has accepted the toll payment service option, adding toll-usage credit to the toll payment account of the renter for an amount based upon anticipated needs of the renter prior to toll usage. The toll-usage credit from the toll payment account is utilized for paying one or more toll authorities for toll usage.
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1. A method for providing a toll payment service, the method comprising:
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utilizing at least one processor to perform the following; establishing, by a renter, a toll payment account with a vehicle operator via a third-party entity; providing, to the renter, a toll payment service option; determining whether the renter has accepted the toll payment service option; responsive to a determination that the renter has accepted the toll payment service option, adding toll-usage credit to the toll payment account of the renter for an amount based upon anticipated needs of the renter prior to toll usage; and wherein the toll-usage credit from the toll payment account is utilized for paying one or more toll authorities for toll usage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An article of manufacture for providing a toll payment service, the article of manufacture comprising:
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at least one computer readable medium; processor instructions contained on the at least one computer readable medium, the processor instructions configured to be readable from the at least one computer readable medium by at least one processor and thereby cause the at least one processor to operate as to; establish, by a renter, a toll payment account with a vehicle operator via a third-party entity; provide, to the renter, a toll payment service option; determine whether the renter has accepted the toll payment service option; responsive to a determination that the renter has accepted the toll payment service option, add toll-usage credit to the toll payment account of the renter for an amount based upon anticipated needs of the renter prior to toll usage; and wherein the toll-usage credit from the toll payment account is utilized for paying one or more toll authorities for toll usage. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a third-party entity interoperably connected to a toll authority and a toll-rental entity; wherein a processor of the third-party entity is configured to; establish, by a renter, a toll payment account with the third-party entity; provide, to the renter, a toll payment service option; determine whether the renter has accepted the toll payment service option; responsive to a determination that the renter has accepted the toll payment service option, add toll-usage credit to the toll payment account of the renter for an amount based upon anticipated needs of the renter prior to toll usage; and wherein the toll-usage credit from the toll payment account is utilized for paying the toll authority for toll usage. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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