Billing a rented third party transport including an on-board unit

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A method for providing toll service to a third-party-operated transport user, the method comprising:
installing, via a processor of an automotive navigation device, a toll service software in the automotive navigation device of at least one of a plurality of third-party-operated transports; wherein the automotive navigation device comprises a database communicably coupled to the processor and a network interface comprising hardware and encoded software for wireless communications; activating the automotive navigation device to function as a toll service device and for communication with a toll authority computer via at least one of Global Positioning System satellites and the Internet; wherein the step of activating is performed by the third-party-operated transport user of the third-party-operated transport relative to acceptance of a toll service option; wherein the toll service option is provided to the third-party-operated transport user via an interface of the automotive navigation device; utilizing a toll authority via the activated automotive navigation device; storing toll usage data in the database of the automotive navigation device; transferring the stored toll usage data from the database of the automotive navigation device to a third-party entity computer; and billing the third-party-operated transport user, by the third-party entity computer, a fee corresponding to a toll usage amount upon return of a third-party-operated transport of the plurality of third-party-operated transports to a third-party entity.