Patent ID: 9053633
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B60W,G08G

Abstract:
1. A system for tolling, comprising: a location determining system arranged in a vehicle to determine its location at a plurality of different times during vehicular travel such that multiple locations are provided by said location determining system; a memory device that stores data about predetermined toll locations; a communications device arranged on the vehicle; and a processor coupled to said location determining system and that analyzes each of the determined locations of said location determining system relative to the data in said memory device about predetermined toll locations, said processor being coupled to said communications device and configured to, based on the analysis of each of the determined locations of said location determining system relative to the data in said memory device about predetermined toll locations by said processor, direct a transmission of the determined location of said location determining system by said communications device to a remote site separate and apart from the vehicle when the determined location of said location determining system coincides with one of the predetermined toll locations, whereby a toll is determined based on the determined location of said location determining system transmitted by said communications device to the remote site or based on two determined locations of said location determining system transmitted by said communications device to the remote site, wherein said communications device is a smartphone and is configured to send an identification of said communications device to the remote site with each transmission of the determined location of said location determining system such that payment of the determined toll is charged to the smartphone owner.