Method for charging location usages

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9830746-B2
Application number	US-201414158949-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2014
Priority date	Jan 21, 2013
Publication date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017

Abstract

Methods are described for charging fees in a road toll system. An on-board unit identification is input into a toll terminal to generate a transaction identification. The transaction identification is transmitted to a transaction server, and from the server to a transaction terminal. A payment card identification is input into the transaction terminal, and is transmitted with the transaction identification to the server. A substitute identification, generated in the transaction server and associated with the card identification, and the transaction identification are transmitted from the transaction server to the toll terminal. The on-board unit identification and substitute identification, associated by the transaction identification, are transmitted from the toll terminal to a toll server. The substitute identification is used in a communication between the toll server and the transaction server for charging a fee for a location usage determined in the road toll system under the respective on-board unit identification.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer implemented method for charging fees for location usages by on-board units that are carried in vehicles in a road toll system by means of a separate payment transaction system, wherein the road toll system has a toll server, at least one toll terminal and at least one sub-system for determining the location usages, and the payment transaction system has a transaction server and at least one transaction terminal for payment cards, said method comprising:
inputting an identification of an on-board unit, configured to communicate via dedicated short range communication (DSRC) and/or to be self-locating via a global navigation satellite system (GNSS), into the toll terminal, generating a respective transaction identification and transmitting the transaction identification from the toll terminal to the transaction server via a first data connection therebetween;
transmitting the transaction identification from the transaction server to the transaction terminal via a second data connection therebetween;
inputting a card identification of a payment card into the transaction terminal and transmitting the card identification and the transaction identification from the transaction terminal to the transaction server via the second data connection;
transmitting a substitute identification, generated by the transaction server and unambiguously associated with the card identification, and the transaction identification from the transaction server to the toll terminal via the first data connection;
retrieving, by the toll terminal, the on-board unit identification associated with the transaction identification and transmitting the on-board unit identification and the substitute identification from the toll terminal to the toll server; and
using the substitute identification in a communication via a third data connection between the toll server and the transaction server for charging a fee for a location usage determined by the sub-system under the respective on-board unit identification.

2. The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein, when charging a fee for the location usage,
at least one toll value is calculated in the toll road system relative to the on-board unit identification;
in the toll server, the substitute identification associated with the on-board unit identification is determined in the event of a fee charge request and is transmitted, together with the toll value, to the transaction server via the third data connection; and
in the transaction server, the card identification associated with the received substitute identification is determined and the toll value is charged on the basis of the determined card identification.

3. The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein a transaction value is additionally input into the toll terminal and is additionally transmitted when the transaction identification is transmitted from the toll terminal to the transaction server, and from the transaction server further to the transaction terminal.

4. The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the transaction identification is additionally transmitted when the on-board unit identification and the substitute identification are transmitted from the toll terminal to the toll server.

5. The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein authorisation data is generated in the transaction server and is also transmitted when the substitute identification and the transaction identification are transmitted from the transaction server to the toll terminal.

6. The computer implemented method according to claim 5 , wherein the authorisation data is also transmitted when the on-board unit identification and the substitute identification are transmitted from the toll terminal to the toll server.

7. The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein person-based and/or vehicle-based data is additionally captured in the toll terminal and is also transmitted when the on-board unit identification and the substitute identification are transmitted from the toll terminal to the toll server.

8. The computer implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein a credit card payment transaction system is used as the payment transaction system.

Assignees

• Kapsch Trafficcom Ag

Inventors

• Namdar Nader

Classifications

• G07B15/06 Primary

  Arrangements for road pricing or congestion charging of vehicles or vehicle users, e.g. automatic toll systems · CPC title

• G06Q20/10

  specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems · CPC title

• G06Q20/04

  Payment circuits · CPC title

• G06Q20/02 Primary

  involving a neutral party, e.g. certification authority, notary or trusted third party [TTP] · CPC title

• G06Q20/145

  Payments according to the detected use or quantity · CPC title