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Payment of highway tolls via a mobile telecommunications network

  • US 9,109,911 B2
  • Filed: 05/05/2009
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for processing payment of tolls by a mobile telecommunications service provider, the method comprising:

  • receiving, by a processor, a starting location of a mobile telecommunications device;

    receiving, by the processor, a destination;

    calculating, by the processor, a route from the starting location to the destination to generate a calculated route;

    identifying, by the processor, a toll plaza comprising toll booths along the calculated route prior to the mobile telecommunications device arriving at the toll plaza;

    recording, by the processor, based on a message from the mobile telecommunications device received at one of a plurality of microcell transceivers integrated into a mobile telecommunications network of the mobile telecommunications service provider and located in the vicinity of a respective toll booth, a date and time at which the mobile telecommunications device passes through the respective toll booth to generate a recorded date and time;

    receiving, by the processor, a recorded toll transaction;

    comparing, by the processor, the recorded date and time with the recorded toll transaction; and

    upon determining a discrepancy between the recorded date and time and the recorded toll transaction, resolving, by the processor, the discrepancy.

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