#Toll transaction processing system driver
#Toll transaction processing system series

Moreover, if the second notice is returned as undeliverable, then the TA may issue a third notice back to the FVO, or otherwise contact the FVO to make them aware of the inability to contact the identified renter or lessee.Д¬onventional approaches for the collection of tolls from fleet vehicle operators generally involve complex and expensive business processes for both the FVO and the TA.

Problems may arise when the toll violation notice includes more than one violation and one or more violations were caused by different renters or lessees. However, TA business rules typically aggregate violations and send notices to registered owners after n violations have accumulated in y period. The TA, in turn, may then issue a second notice to the renter or lessee, who was identified by the FVO.

#Toll transaction processing system driver

The TA then is typically required to forward the name and address of the driver back to the TA. Violation notices and/or invoices are typically sent by the TA to the FVO, requiring the subsequent determination of who rented or leased the vehicle at the time of the violation.

#Toll transaction processing system series

This creates a series of complex, time consuming and costly additional processes. However, a number of potential problems are associated with this approach.ДЇor example, conventional toll processing methods do not generally enable an efficient means to identify and directly invoice vehicle renters and/or lessees. The FVO may pay the toll amount and associated fine directly to the toll authority (TA) and then pass the charges on to the vehicle renter or lessee. However, the use of existing automated violation enforcement systems has generally not found application for the automated collection of tolls, fees and fines from Fleet and Rental Vehicle Owners (FVO) and their customers.Д¬onventional methods for processing fleet or rental vehicle toll violations typically include a series of processes to review violation images captured from the road way and the delivery of a toll violation notice to the registered owner of the vehicle (e.g., the Fleet Vehicle Owner). Such systems have been employed by government agencies to reduce traffic accidents and by toll authorities to reduce the number of toll cheats and to generate additional revenues, inasmuch as the income from their operation exceeds the cost of installing and maintaining the equipment. These systems may be manually controlled or they may be operated automatically or remotely, without an operator present.ДЄutomated traffic monitoring and enforcement systems have been used in the United States for some time. In other cases, the systems may be stationary positioned close to the roadway, for example, at ground level or elevated on a pole or other structure. Sometimes, the traffic monitoring systems are deployed in mobile vehicles.

Some of these traffic monitoring systems include cameras configured to capture a photographic image of vehicles that violate the traffic laws or regulations. More particularly, representative embodiments of the present invention generally include systems for the recording, storage and processing of graphical and textual data to enable automated collection of toll payments from fleet vehicle owners and individual subscribers.ДЄutomated traffic monitoring systems have been used for a number of years to identify vehicles and/or operators violating various traffic regulations. The present invention generally involves automation of traffic monitoring, toll payment and violation processing systems. 3, 2004, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.FIELD OF INVENTION Exemplary embodiments of the present invention generally provide for the elimination or reduction of toll violation processing.ДЄpplicants claim priority to U.S. Disclosed features and specifications may be variously controlled, adapted or otherwise optionally modified to improve fleet-based collection of tolls for any application or operating environment.

A system and method for fleet-based processing of toll transactions comprises: a toll processing service provider (140) toll agencies (160) providing toll transaction data (152, 154) to the toll processing service provider (140) fleet vehicle owners (120) providing fleet vehicle information (132) to the toll processing service provider (140), whereby a match between the toll transaction data (152, 154) provided by toll authorities (160) and the vehicle information (132) provided by fleet vehicle owners (120) results in payment(s) (158) made to the toll agencies (160) by the toll processing service provider (140) on behalf of the fleet vehicle owners (120).