Patent ID: 7742941

Claim:
A method of splitting a toll for traveling on a toll road, the method comprising: receiving, by a gate on the toll road, a plurality of use notification signals transmitted from a plurality of respective cellular phones, each cellular phone belonging to a different respective split toll payer inside of the same automobile traveling on the toll road, wherein each of the plurality of use notification signals includes an automobile identifier that identifies the automobile, a respective payment ratio of the respective split toll payer which specifies a respective portion of the toll for traveling on the toll road which is to be paid by the respective split toll payer, and a respective phone number of the respective cellular phone; communicating, by the gate, the automobile identifier, the respective payment ratios, and the respective phone numbers to a computer; matching, by the computer, the automobile identifier to an identifier of a user, using stored information; transmitting, by the computer, an e-mail to the user notifying the user of one of the respective payment ratios; and determining, by the computer, that the user has accepted or rejected the one of the respective payment ratios.