# US 10,311,650 B2 · Application, device and system for toll collection

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- Number: US 10,311,650 B2
- Document ID: US10311650B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/254,110
- Filed: 2016-09-01
- Published: 2018-03-01
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-01
- Applicants: Anthony Nelson
- Inventors: Anthony Nelson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10311650B2

## CPC

- G07B 15/00: Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points (handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00)
- H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information
- G06F 16/29: Geographical information databases
- G06F 16/5854: {using shape and object relationship}
- G06F 16/903: Querying (for retrieval from the web G06F16/953)
- G06Q 20/10: specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
- G06Q 20/3224: {Transactions dependent on location of M-devices}
- G06Q 20/3278: {RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices}
- G07B 15/063: {using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station (identification of vehicles G08G)}
- G06Q 2240/00: Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking
- H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services
- G07B: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

Applications, devices and systems for toll collection are disclosed herein. An example system includes a mobile computing device that generates location based information of the mobile computing device, queries a database of toll booths defined by toll booth location, determines that the location based information of the mobile computing device matches at least one of the toll booth locations, and transmits to a gateway server location based information and identifying information that identifies a vehicle. The toll is processed using the received information.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system, consisting of:
a mobile computing device that:
generates location based information of the mobile computing device;
queries a database of toll booths defined by toll booth locations;
determines that the location based information of the mobile computing device matches at least one of the toll booth locations; and
transmits to a gateway server the location based information and identifying information that identifies a vehicle; and
wherein the gateway server:
receives the location based information and the identifying information; and
requests payment of a toll by charging an account associated with the identifying information, the toll being based on the location based information.