- Patent Title: Payment of highway tolls via a mobile telecommunications network
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Application No.: US14797771Application Date: 2015-07-13
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Publication No.: US10473472B2Publication Date: 2019-11-12
- Inventor: Christopher W. Rice , Rittwik Jana , John F. Murray
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
- Main IPC: G07B15/00
- IPC: G07B15/00 ; G01C21/34 ; G06Q20/32 ; H04M15/00 ; G01C21/36 ; G06Q20/16 ; G07B15/06 ; G06Q40/00

Abstract:
Disclosed are method and apparatus for processing of highway toll payments by a mobile telecommunications service provider. A mobile telecommunications device communicates with a mobile telecommunications service provider. The mobile telecommunications service provider receives a request to calculate a route to a destination. The mobile telecommunications service provider determines the location of the mobile telecommunications device from a global navigation satellite system or from a mobile telecommunications network and calculates a route. The mobile telecommunications service provider then identifies toll booths along the calculated route. The mobile telecommunications service provider pre-pays the tolls. The mobile telecommunications service provider sends turn-by-turn instructions to the mobile telecommunications device and tracks the location of the mobile telecommunications device and records the date and time at which the mobile telecommunications device passes through a toll booth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150317843A1 Payment of Highway Tolls via a Mobile Telecommunications Network Public/Granted day:2015-11-05
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