Toll road toll paying method and apparatus using a portable terminal, and a storage medium thereof

A system for splitting a toll, the toll being for traveling on a toll road, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory, communicatively coupled to the processor;
• wherein the processor is configured to perform a method comprising:
• receiving, from a gate on the toll road, an automobile identifier, a plurality of payment ratios, and a plurality of phone numbers, wherein the gate received the automobile identifier, the plurality of payment ratios, and the plurality of phone numbers via a plurality of use notification signals transmitted from a plurality of respective cellular phones, each cellular phone belonging to a different respective split toll payer inside of the same automobile traveling on the toll road, wherein each of the plurality of use notification signals included:
• the automobile identifier, which identifies the automobile;
• a respective payment ratio of the plurality of payment ratios, the respective payment ratio corresponding to the respective split toll payer and specifying a respective portion of the toll for traveling on the toll road which is to be paid by the respective split toll payer;
• and
• a respective phone number of the plurality of phone numbers, the respective phone number being of the respective cellular phone;
• matching the automobile identifier to an identifier of a user, using stored information;
• transmitting an e-mail to the user notifying the user of one of the respective payment ratios;
• and
• determining that the user has accepted or rejected the one of the respective payment ratios.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions for causing a computer to perform a method of splitting a toll for traveling on a toll road, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a gate on the toll road, an automobile identifier, a plurality of payment ratios, and a plurality of phone numbers, wherein the gate received the automobile identifier, the plurality of payment ratios, and the plurality of phone numbers via a plurality of use notification signals transmitted from a plurality of respective cellular phones, each cellular phone belonging to a different respective split toll payer inside of the same automobile traveling on the toll road, wherein each of the plurality of use notification signals included:
• the automobile identifier, which identifies the automobile;
• a respective payment ratio of the plurality of payment ratios, the respective payment ratio corresponding to the respective split toll payer and specifying a respective portion of the toll for traveling on the toll road which is to be paid by the respective split toll payer;
• and
• a respective phone number of the plurality of phone numbers, the respective phone number being of the respective cellular phone;
• matching the automobile identifier to an identifier of a user, using stored information;
• transmitting an e-mail to the user notifying the user of one of the respective payment ratios;
• and
• determining that the user has accepted or rejected the one of the respective payment ratios.