Patent ID: 8473332
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: G06Q,G07B

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling third party operated transport users to utilize an automatic toll payment service comprising: utilizing a processor to complete the following: providing, to a customer, an automatic toll payment service option; determining whether the automatic toll payment service option is accepted by the customer; responsive to a determination that the automatic toll payment service option has been accepted, activating at least one toll fee tracking device during a rental period, wherein the activated at least one toll fee tracking device is operable to allow the customer to utilize a toll authority without incurring a fine; collecting, by a computer associated with the toll authority, toll data associated with the activated at least one toll fee tracking device; transferring, from the computer associated with the toll authority to a computer associated with a toll rental entity, at least some of the collected toll data responsive to a request for data-transfer permission having been received by the toll authority from the toll rental entity; forwarding, from the computer associated with the toll rental entity to a computer associated with a third party entity, at least some of the transferred toll data; and charging the customer a fee corresponding to toll usage and applicable service charges based upon the forwarded toll data.