Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US8660890B2/en
Timestamp: 2019-06-26 14:12:12
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 2006257287', 'Application No. 2010235856', 'Application No. 2516675', 'Application No. 2', 'Application No. 04712519', 'Application No. 04712519', 'Application No. 12161598', 'Application No. 200480010404']

US8660890B2 - Electronic toll management - Google Patents
US8660890B2
US8660890B2 US12/367,189 US36718909A US8660890B2 US 8660890 B2 US8660890 B2 US 8660890B2 US 36718909 A US36718909 A US 36718909A US 8660890 B2 US8660890 B2 US 8660890B2
US12/367,189
US20090146845A1 (en
2009-02-06 Application filed by Accenture Global Services Ltd filed Critical Accenture Global Services Ltd
2009-02-06 Priority to US12/367,189 priority patent/US8660890B2/en
2009-06-11 Publication of US20090146845A1 publication Critical patent/US20090146845A1/en
2011-07-06 Assigned to ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH reassignment ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES GMBH ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: HEDLEY, JAY E.
2014-02-25 Publication of US8660890B2 publication Critical patent/US8660890B2/en
electronically retrieving a mailing address for the vehicle from the public motor vehicle record identified as corresponding to the vehicle, and
sending, to the mailing address, a request for the payment.
a toll facility that includes a vehicle sensor and a camera, the toll facility being configured to:
electronically detect, through use of the vehicle sensor, a transaction event representing an interaction between a vehicle and the toll facility, the transaction event corresponding to the vehicle traveling a particular distance defined as a distance between a starting point and an ending point on a toll road, and
in response to detecting the transaction event, using the camera to electronically capture an image of the vehicle; and
electronically determine a license plate number and a state for the vehicle based on the captured image of the vehicle,
electronically select, based on the determined state, a state vehicle registration system from among multiple different candidate state vehicle registration systems, each candidate state vehicle registration system being a computer system of a public motor vehicle department affiliated with a state,
electronically access the selected state vehicle registration system,
electronically search public motor vehicle records stored by the selected state vehicle registration system using the license plate number as a key for searching the public motor vehicle records,
electronically identify a public motor vehicle record as corresponding to the vehicle based on the searching of public motor vehicle records stored by the selected state vehicle registration system,
use the identified public motor vehicle record to electronically search the billing database to identify the account record of the user associated with the vehicle,
access, from the account record, the preferred toll fee payment method selected by the user,
calculate a toll fee for the transaction event based on the particular distance traveled by the vehicle; and
accessing, from the account record for the second user, the preferred toll payment method selected by the second user,
calculating a toll fee for the second transaction event based on the second particular distance traveled by the second vehicle; and
the toll facility is further configured to:
electronically detect, through use of the vehicle sensor, a second transaction event representing an interaction between a second and different vehicle and the toll facility, the second transaction event corresponding to the second vehicle traveling a second particular distance defined as a distance between a second starting point and a second ending point on the toll road, and
in response to detecting the second transaction event, using the camera to electronically capture an image of the second vehicle; and
wherein the preferred toll fee payment method selected by the user indicates a preference to pay tolls on a periodic basis, and
wherein requesting payment of the toll fee corresponding to the transaction event from the user comprises requesting payment of the toll fee at the next pay period.
wherein the preferred toll fee payment method selected by the user indicates a preference to pay tolls when a predefined aggregate toll fee amount has been reached,
further comprising determining an aggregate toll fee by aggregating the toll fee corresponding to the transaction event with toll fees for the vehicle that were previously incurred but not yet billed;
further comprising determining whether the aggregate toll fee satisfies the predefined aggregate toll fee amount, and
wherein requesting payment of the toll fee corresponding to the transaction event from the user comprises requesting payment of the toll fee conditioned on determining that the predefined aggregate toll fee amount has been reached.
12. The system of claim 5, wherein the preferred toll fee payment method selected by the user indicates a preference to pay tolls on a periodic basis, and
wherein the computer system is configured to request payment of the toll fee corresponding to the transaction event from the user by requesting payment of the toll fee at the next pay period.
wherein the computer system is further configured to determine an aggregate toll fee by aggregating the toll fee corresponding to the transaction event with toll fees for the vehicle that were previously incurred but not yet billed;
wherein the computer system is further configured to determine whether the aggregate toll fee satisfies the predefined aggregate toll fee amount, and
wherein the computer system being configured to request payment of the toll fee corresponding to the transaction event comprises the computer system being configured to request payment of the toll fee conditioned on determining that the predefined aggregate toll fee amount has been reached.
14. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling the user to perceive, on the website, multiple preferred toll fee payment methods, and
wherein receiving the selection of the preferred toll fee payment method from the user comprises receiving the selection in response to the user selecting, through interacting with the website, the preferred toll fee payment method from among the multiple preferred toll fee payment methods.
21. The system of claim 5, wherein the computer system is further configured to enable the user to perceive, on the website, multiple preferred toll fee payment methods, and
wherein the computer system being configured to receive the selection of the preferred toll fee payment method from the user comprises the computer system being configured to receive the selection in response to the user selecting, through interacting with the website, the preferred toll fee payment method from among the multiple preferred toll fee payment methods.
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