METHOD OF MAKING PAYMENT OF VEHICLE CHARGE FOR TRANSPORT WITHIN A TOLL ZONE

摘要

A method for carrying out payment of a vehicle toll for travel within a zone subject to a toll. The vehicle is equipped with a transponder that can be read by a transmitter/receiver unit that transmits a query signal to the transponder. The transponder replies to the query signal and transfers information from a memory in the transponder to the transmitter/receiver unit, which is located at a boundary of the toll zone. The transmitter/receiver unit is connected to a supervisory computer system that debits the owner of the transponder when it is read. When the computer system has received information that a transponder has been read, the computer system sends an SMS message to the mobile telephone of the owner of the transponder, and/or an e-mail message to the mobile telephone of the owner or to a computer that is possessed by the owner.