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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 23, 2003
Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
An automatic car toll computing and charging method is provided. The method includes steps of employing a cellular phone to process a log in and a log out of a car toll computing; previously storing the connection between a cellular phone number and a vehicle identification number, or keying in said vehicle identification number or other car IDs sufficient to bring out said vehicle identification number in a billing center; and calling a specific number representing a log in of an automatic computing and charging through an on-vehicle cellular communication equipment and before a car enters a toll road or bridge and hanging up, and calling a specific number representing a log out of the automatic computing and charging after leaving the toll road or bridge. Consequently, the toll can be charged through calculating all cell IDs which by a cellular phone system passes theretrough during the log in and the log out.