Toll payment service via wireless communication networks

A system for processing toll payments for a motorist having a wireless communication device and a wireless billing account with a wireless service provider, the system comprising:

• means for sensing that the motorist having a communication device is within range of a base station for a toll plaza having a given toll that is to be paid by the motorist;
• means for determining at a mobile switching center whether the motorist has activated a wireless toll payment service associated with the communication device;
• means for evaluating at the mobile switching center whether the subscriber has pre-selected a combined billing option for the account, where it has been determined that the service has been activated by the subscriber;
• means for sending a charge transaction from the mobile switching center to a toll payment system, where the motorist has not selected the combined billing option, the charge transaction indicating that the toll has not been paid by the motorist;
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• means for generating a billing record for the motorist at the mobile switching center and sending a non-charge transaction from the mobile switching center to a toll payment system, where the motorist has selected the combined billing option, the non-charge transaction indicating that the toll has been billed to the motorist by the wireless service provider.