System and method for charging means of transport

Abstract

A system (100) for charging fees for a vehicle (10) comprises a central system (101) and a secure device (110) mounted in the vehicle (10). The secure device (110) receives, process and stores fee data and provide authentication of origin and integrity to all output fee data by means of a digital signature and/or a secure connection, e.g. to the central system (101) over a public network (14, 140) or to a terminal (112). Input data to the secure device (110) may be provided by an emission sensor (120) for measuring concentrations of soot, CO, CO2, NOx and/or SOx in the exhaust of the vehicle (10), an odometer (121), a positioning system (13, 30) and/or fee rates provided from the central system (101) over the public network (14, 40). A method for removing unfounded suspicion from parties with interests in the system is also proposed.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.