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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
May. 01, 2020
Amtech Systems, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kelly Gravelle, Poway, CA (US);
Yousuf Kamal, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Greg Lantz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Paul Hamel, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dale Scott, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Duane Wrasman, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Donald Brady, Henderson, NV (US);
Scott Brosi, Dallas, TX (US);
Alice Klemashevich, Highland Village, TX (US);
Amtech Systems, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
An RFID transponder including a Bluetooth® compatible transceiver (BLEET) is described. The Bluetooth® compatible transceiver may be configured to set data that is transmitted via one or more RFID transceivers in the transponder and to return data received by the RFID transceiver(s) to a client application running, for example, on a user's smart phone. The BLEET may be used for electronic vehicle tracking or tolling. Vehicle occupancy data may be set by the user with the client application via a Bluetooth® connection in connection with high occupancy vehicle tolling and express lane incentive programs. The BLEET may be used in a congestion pricing (CP) toll area, wherein the smart phone determines a toll rate based on the location, when triggered by the BLEET, that the BLEET was read by an RFID reader located on a boundary of the CP toll area.