CPC G07B 15/06 (2013.01) [G06F 16/685 (2019.01); G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G06Q 2240/00 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
1. A method for splitting a vehicular toll among a plurality of occupants of a vehicle, comprising:
a mobile device, in response to executing a tolling application program, determining that the mobile device is paired with a vehicle audio system and that the mobile device has received information from another mobile device in a bump operation; responsive to determining that the mobile device is paired with the vehicle audio system and further in response to executing the tolling application program, the mobile device verifying that a first person is present in the vehicle by prompting a first person to speak a pre-selected utterance and the mobile device recording a voice of the first person speaking the pre-selected utterance;
responsive to determining that the bump operation has occurred, and further in response to executing the tolling application program, the mobile device verifying that a second person is present in the vehicle by prompting a second person to speak the pre-selected utterance and the mobile device recording the voice of the second person speaking the pre-selected utterance;
further in response to executing the tolling application program, the mobile device creating a first voice print from the recording of the voice of the first person and a second voice print from the recording of the voice of the second person;
further in response to executing the tolling application program, identifying the first person based on the first voice print, and identifying the second person based on the second voice print;
further in response to executing the tolling application program, the mobile device transmitting, responsive to identifying the first person and identifying the second person, to a tolling service server by the mobile device via a cellular network, the identity of the first person and the identity of the second person, wherein the first person is associated with a first tolling account and the second person is associated with a second tolling account of a tolling agency that operates the tolling service server;
receiving, at the tolling service server from a toll reader, an indication that the vehicle has passed the toll reader;
and in response to receiving the indication that the vehicle has passed the toll reader, the tolling service server apportioning a toll fee among the first and second tolling accounts.
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