Registers – Systems controlled by data bearing records – Credit or identification card systems
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-22
2005-11-22
Le, Thien M. (Department: 2876)
Registers
Systems controlled by data bearing records
Credit or identification card systems
C235S382000, C235S384000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06966489
ABSTRACT:
A method for debiting tolls against vehicles travelling on multiple toll road networks (2–4), the tolls incurred in each toll road network being processing by a separate toll collection system (4–6), the method including the steps of: (a) creating a local user record identifying a user of a first of the toll road networks in a first local user identification register (19, 20) maintained by a first of the toll collections systems (14); (b) creating a global user record identifying the user in a global user identification register (30–31) maintained by a central tolling information exchange (28); (c) detecting the presence of a user identification device associated with the user on a second toll road network (3); (d) attempting to locate a second local user record identifying the user from a second local user identification register (21, 22) maintained by a second of the toll collection systems (5), and if unsuccessful; (e) attempting to locate the global user record identifying the user from the global user identification register (30, 31), and if successful; (f) deriving a toll charge incurred by the user on the second toll road network.
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CityLink Melbourne Limited
Nguyen Kimberly D.
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