US 12,136,297 B2
Road usage charging (RUC) determination and reporting techniques
Drew Foster Van Duren, Templeton, CA (US); Sean Vincent Maschue, Encinitas, CA (US); Virendra Kumar, Sudbury, MA (US); William Whyte, Natick, MA (US); Jonathan Petit, Wenham, MA (US); and Anthony Bahadir Lopez, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/697,792.
Prior Publication US 2023/0298388 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G07B 15/06 (2011.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G07B 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01)
CPC G07B 15/06 (2013.01) [G07B 13/00 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3829 (2013.01); G06Q 2240/00 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for road usage charging at a vehicle computing device (VCD), comprising:
receiving at least a first encryption key of a first charging entity for encryption of road usage charges associated with the first charging entity;
determining a first road usage charge associated with the first charging entity based at least in part on a first charge policy for road usage associated with the first charging entity;
encrypting the first road usage charge based at least in part on the first encryption key to generate an encrypted first road usage charge;
determining a total usage charge for road usage associated with the first charging entity and one or more other charging entities; and
transmitting the encrypted first road usage charge and other encrypted road usage charges in conjunction with an unencrypted total usage charge to a network entity.