US 12,340,632 B2
Providing toll service for a vehicle including an on-board unit
Benjamin P. Robinson, Lago Vista, TX (US); and Sarath K. Balachandran, Irving, TX (US)
Assigned to AMERICAN TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS CONSOLIDATED, L.L.C., Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed by ATS TOLLING LLC, Mesa, AZ (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,370.
Application 17/804,370 is a continuation of application No. 16/241,152, filed on Jan. 7, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/241,152 is a continuation of application No. 14/994,524, filed on Jan. 13, 2016, granted, now 10,176,646, issued on Jan. 8, 2019.
Application 14/994,524 is a continuation of application No. 14/169,295, filed on Jan. 31, 2014, granted, now 9,418,487, issued on Aug. 16, 2016.
Application 14/169,295 is a continuation of application No. 11/644,261, filed on Dec. 22, 2006, granted, now 8,768,754, issued on Jul. 1, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/757,405, filed on Jan. 9, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/757,347, filed on Jan. 9, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2023/0010154 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/04 (2012.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2023.01); G07B 15/06 (2011.01)
CPC G07B 15/063 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/04 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0645 (2013.01); G07B 15/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing toll service to a transport user, the method comprising:
installing a toll service software on a wireless communication device comprising global position system (GPS) capability;
wherein the wireless communication device comprises a memory communicably coupled to a processor and a network interface for wireless communications;
providing, via an interface of the wireless communication device, a toll service option to a transport user; and
responsive to acceptance of the toll service option by the transport user:
activating the wireless communication device to function as a toll service device and for communication with a toll authority computer that is located at a remote position relative to a toll road,
receiving, at the wireless communication device, a position signal from a GPS satellite for the wireless communication device that is located in a vehicle,
transmitting position data of the position signal from the wireless communication device that is located in the vehicle to the toll authority computer that is remote from the toll road via a cellular communication network,
converting the position signal for the wireless communication device that was received from the GPS satellite to a toll usage data that indicates the vehicle has traversed the toll road based on the position signal from the GPS satellite for the wireless communication device,
storing the toll usage data in a toll service database, and
sending the toll usage data from the toll service database to a payment interface to bill the transport user and provide a toll receipt.