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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10473472 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2015
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher W. Rice, Parsippany, NJ (US);

Rittwik Jana, Montville, NJ (US);

John F. Murray, Denville, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 15/00 (2011.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06Q 20/16 (2012.01); G07B 15/06 (2011.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G01C 21/34 (2013.01); G01C 21/3697 (2013.01); G06Q 20/16 (2013.01); G06Q 20/32 (2013.01); G06Q 20/325 (2013.01); G06Q 40/12 (2013.12); G07B 15/063 (2013.01); H04M 15/68 (2013.01); H04M 15/8033 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are method and apparatus for processing of highway toll payments by a mobile telecommunications service provider. A mobile telecommunications device communicates with a mobile telecommunications service provider. The mobile telecommunications service provider receives a request to calculate a route to a destination. The mobile telecommunications service provider determines the location of the mobile telecommunications device from a global navigation satellite system or from a mobile telecommunications network and calculates a route. The mobile telecommunications service provider then identifies toll booths along the calculated route. The mobile telecommunications service provider pre-pays the tolls. The mobile telecommunications service provider sends turn-by-turn instructions to the mobile telecommunications device and tracks the location of the mobile telecommunications device and records the date and time at which the mobile telecommunications device passes through a toll booth.


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