Method for operating an RFID transponder and performing verification of occupants in HOV and hot applications and a system thereof

A system for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) or High Occupancy Toll (HOT) applications, comprising:

• a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder attached to a vehicle;
• a mobile terminal configured to:
• change an identification code of the radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder to correspond to a number of individual(s) in the vehicle;
• and
• capture at least one image or at least one video of the individual(s) in the vehicle before x time;
• capture at least one further image or at least one further video of the individual(s) in the vehicle after x time;
• and verify the changed identification code with the captured image or video, and the captured further image or further video;
• wherein the RFID transponder is a multi-frequency RFID transponder which comprises:
• a multi-frequency chip containing the identification code;
• a first antenna, operated at a first frequency band, connected to the multi-frequency chip;
• and
• a second antenna, operated at a second frequency band different from the first frequency band, connected to the multi-frequency chip;
• wherein the first antenna, the second antenna and the multi-frequency chip are configured and arranged such that the RFID transponder is readable by an RFID reader at the first frequency band to obtain the identification code;
• and the RFID transponder is controllable by a terminal different from the RFID reader at the second frequency band to change the identification code.