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Electronic toll payment

US5857152A · kind A · utility

187Cited by
6References
13Claims
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Filing dateOct 3, 1996
Grant dateJan 5, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B15/063
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for toll payment by electronic cash identifies an electronic purse and effects value transfer over a communication system without stopping the mobile (vehicle or person). Mobile identity MID is temporarily correlated with purse identity PID and one or another identity is erased on satisfactory or non-satisfactory completion of the transaction thereby allowing non-payers to be pursued while preserving the principle of anonymity.

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