Toll payment service via wireless communication networks

Details Toll payment service via wireless communication networks Toll payment service via wireless communication networks

2007-08-07

2007-08-07

Ramakrishnaiah, Melur (Department: 2614)

Telecommunications

Radiotelephone system

Usage measurement

C455S407000, C455S456100

Reexamination Certificate

active

10758358

ABSTRACT:
A method of processing toll payments for a motorist having a wireless communications device and a billing account, via a wireless communications network. The method includes sensing that the motorist is within range of a base station for a toll plaza having a given toll that is to be paid by the motorist; determining via a mobile switching center whether the motorist has activated a wireless toll payment service associated with the communication device; evaluating via the mobile switching center whether the subscriber has pre-selected a combined billing option for the account, where it has been determined that the service has been activated by the subscriber; sending a charge transaction from the mobile switching center to a toll payment system, where the motorist has not selected the combined billing option, the charge transaction indicating that the toll has not been paid by the motorist; and generating a billing record for the motorist at the mobile switching center and sending a non-charge transaction from the mobile switching center to a toll payment system, where the motorist has selected the combined billing option, the non-charge transaction indicating that the toll has been billed to the motorist by his/her wireless service provider.

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patent: 6529727 (2003-03-01), Findikli et al.
patent: 2002/0067291 (2002-06-01), Ikeda
patent: 2002/0198767 (2002-12-01), Kim

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