Patent ID: 8456274
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G07B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for automatic electronic authorization for entry into a geographic area based on detection of a mobile telephone operable on a mobile telephone network, comprising: providing a toll base station that mimics the signal of a base station of the mobile telephone network but that does not form part of any mobile telephone network by being dedicated to retrieving information for automated toll collection and not for mobile telephone communications and does not connect outgoing or uplink calls; transmitting, by a transmitter associated with the toll base station, a signal indicating the presence of the toll base station; detecting, by a receiver associated with the toll base station, a request by a mobile telephone to connect to the toll base station; transmitting, by the transmitter, an identity request signal to the mobile telephone; detecting an identity response signal that identifies the mobile telephone; determining the identity of a subscriber associated with the mobile telephone based on the detected identity response signal and authorizing the subscriber to enter the geographic area based on the determined subscriber identity.