Billing a rented third party transport including an on-board unit
AssigneeRent A Toll, Ltd.
InventorsBenjamin Robinson, Sarath Balachandran
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer readable medium for toll service activation using an on-board unit in a third party transport comprises, a third party entity, a toll rental entity, and an on-board unit communicably coupled to the third party entity and to the toll rental entity, wherein the on-board unit, receives a position signal, initiates a toll service request, converts the position signal to a toll usage, and stores the position signal, the toll service request and the toll usage.
Claims20
A system for toll service activation using an on-board unit in a third party transport, comprising:
- a third party entity;
- a toll rental entity;
- and
- an on-board unit communicably coupled to the third party entity and to the toll rental entity, wherein the on-board unit:
- receives a position signal;
- initiates a toll service request;
- converts the position signal to a toll usage;
- and
- stores the position signal the toll service request and the toll usage.
A method for billing a rented third party transport including an on-board unit, comprising:
- receiving a toll usage;
- sending a payment from a toll rental entity to a toll authority based upon the toll usage or based upon duration;
- if the toll rental entity charges the third party entity by license:
- charging a third party entity by a fleet size or a fleet count on at least one of:
- an hourly basis, a daily basis, and a weekly basis;
- transferring the toll usage to the third party entity as requested periodically;
- and
- if the toll rental entity charges the third party entity by duration:
- grouping by the toll rental entity all of the toll usage by the duration and charging the third party entity by duration;
- if the toll rental entity charges the third party entity by transaction:
- charging the third party entity by the toll rental entity with at least one of a service charge and an actual toll usage;
- and
- if the toll rental entity charges a customer directly:
- grouping by the toll rental entity all of the toll usage by the duration and charging the customer by the duration.
A computer readable medium comprising instructions for:
- installing toll service software component in an on-board unit;
- receiving by the on-board unit an activation request from at least one of:
- a customer;
- a third party entity;
- a toll authority;
- and,
- a toll rental entity;
- receiving by the on-board unit a toll usage from at least one of:
- a toll authority;
- and
- the toll rental entity;
- and
- transferring by the on-board unit the toll usage to at least one of:
- a road side unit;
- a GPS satellite;
- another on-board unit;
- the third party entity,
- the toll rental entity;
- and
- a customer, for billing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.