WO2020006613A1

WO2020006613A1 - System and process for paying tolls and vehicle parking fees in general by means of a cellular telephony device

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Publication number: WO2020006613A1
Application number: PCT/BR2018/000038
Authority: WO
Inventors: Luiz Carlos KAVALIERIS; Lucas KAVALIERIS
Original assignee: Kavalieris Luiz Carlos; Kavalieris Lucas
Priority date: 2018-07-05
Filing date: 2018-07-05
Publication date: 2020-01-09
Also published as: BR112020026284A2

Abstract

The present patent application is a design for a financial transaction system for paying tolls and public and private parking fees, which pertains to information technology and computation engineering, which uses a cellular telephone linked to an app for registering and managing resources and a data communication tag with "NFC" (near field communication) technology over a short range between collection agents and the user, wherein the user has to download the app to his cell and follow or consult specific steps, i.e. he can view his current balance or a previous payment, obtain a full monthly expenditure statement, change plans, such as for pre-payment, post-payment, automatic debit and credit card, check registration status and his route, search for registered locations and stipulate additional drivers; the user enters the vehicle and places his cellular device (20) close to the "NFC" tag (21), which will execute the function of activating the system in question without the user having to open the app installed on his cellular device, freeing up passage at all the points registered in the operator's system, and under the "NFC" system it is necessary for the system to be activated by the user placing his cellular device close to the "NFC" tag not only to initiate the system but also to terminate use.

Description

"SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PAYMENT OF TREES AND VEHICLE PARKING IN GENERAL THROUGH CELL PHONE DEVICE"

Field of the invention

[001] This patent relates to a practical and innovative toll and parking credit and payment service system by means of a mobile phone application and an identification tag for data exchange with the receiving source by the technology " NFC - Near Field Communication "- electromagnetic wave passive wireless short-range communication field, which belongs to the field of information technology and computer engineering, which has been developed to provide better performance and utility practicality over other related payment systems commonly found on the market.

[002] This is a system for automating toll and parking services whose individual or corporate user downloads an application to their mobile phone to sign up and access other features such as viewing their balance, entering credit, getting spreadsheets. and identify places to pass through tolls, parking lots, etc., and in conjunction with the application, the user receives a tag with "NFC" technology that allows him to make automatic payment for communication over short distances without any other manual or temporal procedure.

[003] The label that can be, for example, affixed to the windshield or vehicle dashboard keeps the information with the application and the application with the system operator in order to keep the system fully accounted for the user's credit or debit conditions.

[004] It is also, the purpose of this application, to present a toll payment system and the like through data communication label and mobile phone application and usage and operation processes, with low costs for its commercial application, but allied the requirements of robustness, security and utility practicality that offers the consumer public, an additional option in the counterpart market, which unlike traditional payment systems, offers numerous possibilities and benefits to its users, becoming a computerized service of great acceptance. in the consumer market.

State of the Art

[005] US5805082A, entitled "ELECTRONIC VEHICLE PEDAGUE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD"; reveals an automatic toll collection system, which includes a memory toll processor in the vehicle to store a user-purchased toll amount available on credit, and a toll facility identification site, which transmits an identification toll toll facility indicating the identity of the next toll facility. As the vehicle approaches the identification location, the processor in the vehicle receives the identifying signal and calculates the toll to be charged. When the vehicle passes the toll facility, the processor in the vehicle transmits its identity, its net balance and the toll, which is debited from an account balance. The processor in the vehicle may increment a low balance, in which case it transmits information that is relayed to a central billing system. Various means for shutting down defective vehicle components or identifying offending vehicles are described.

US5508917A entitled "VEHICLE GUIDANCE SYSTEM USING BEACON DESTINATION DATA TRANSMISSIONS"; proposes a vehicle and destination guidance system in which you can enter the destination and the street in clear language on a vehicle device. The car device is in communication with a broadcasting device in which, in addition to the various destinations, street names and associated coordinates are stored. On demand from the vehicular device, the beacon device selects the associated destination coordinates and transmits them to the vehicle device. Additional data may be included in the transmitted message which, for example, contains traffic information or street maps. The system is also usable for automatic toll deductions.

[007] Patent document ES2423322T3 entitled "VEHICLE DEVICE FOR A ROAD PEDAGO SYSTEM"; discloses a transceiver vehicle carrier for short-range radio communication selectively for toll beacons relative to lower position control beacons. The transceiver has an antenna system with different radio coverage areas relative to the vehicle device. The vehicle device is configured such that radio communication is performed with the respective beacons. An antenna system is connected with the evaluation device, so that the beginning of the Radio communication with the headlight is detected.

US20110267470 (A1) entitled "BEACON RADIO FOR A WIRELESS PEDAGON SYSTEM"; discloses a radio beacon for a wireless toll system, including a transceiver, which is arranged for packet-type radio communication with on-board units for passing vehicles; at least one camera to record an image of a passing object and a control device connecting to the transceiver and camera. The control device is configured to measure, together with the transceiver, the number of data packets received per unit of a specific onboard unit and to trigger the camera to record an image of the object carrying this unit on board, in case of a number exceeding a threshold value.

[009] Document RU2595961 C2 entitled "METHOD OF CHARGING CHARGES ON VEHICLES IN AN OPEN ROAD PORTATION SYSTEM"; refers to a way to apply charges to vehicles on an open road toll system. The method for charging vehicle charges on an open-system toll system with on-board units fitted to a vehicle and with toll gates contains the following steps: reading transaction information and on-board factor; update the factor as a function of the output read transaction information, and calculate a debit value depending on the updated factor; submit a debit request with calculated debit amount and updated factor on board unit; and debit the amount of debt received to the toll credit account at the onboard unit and write new transaction information related to the new toll credit transaction. debit and the updated factor received on the on-board unit. Effect: Charge vehicle charges on an open road toll system with dynamic calculation of the amount when passing through real-time tolls with the possibility of updating data.

[010] In addition to these documents, below is a list of patent documents of minor relevance to the subject matter of this patent application, with only their references and titles.

[011] ES2446377T3 entitled

"ON-BOARD PROCEDURE AND UNIT FOR SIGNALING PORTATION OPERATIONS IN A ROAD PORTATION SYSTEM".

[012] US5767505A entitled "METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PORTABLE TARIFFS FOR ROUTES AND / OR TRAFFIC AREAS".

[013] KR20020006015A entitled "SYSTEM FOR COLLECTION OF A TREATY USING THE MOBILE NETWORK AND THEIR METHODS".

[014] W01996007168A1, titled

"AUTOMATED BATCH COLLECTION IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS".

[015] US20160171787A1, titled

"MOBILE DEVICE AND NAVIGATION DEVICE PEDAGIO PAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD".

[016] KR20000030290A entitled

"TOLL PAYMENT SERVICE, SUBWAY / BUS TICKETS AND A CELL PHONE PARKING CHARGE". [017] KR20090001763A, entitled

"PAYMENT PAYMENT SERVICE METHOD USING BANK ACCOUNT".

[018] KR20070093530A, entitled,

"METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HIGH PAYMENT

CONTACT SPEED AND THE MEDIA ".

[019] US5857152A, entitled "Electronic Toll Payment".

[020] FR2782815A1 entitled "MOBILE ELECTRONIC PAYMENT CARD SYSTEM"

RECHARGEABLE SMART PAGER REMOTE ".

[021] KR100540400B1, entitled "A TRANSPONDER LOCATION SYSTEM IN AN INSTALLATION FOR REMOTE PAYMENT OF ROAD PORTAGES".

[022] WO2016054994A1, entitled

"NON-STOP PEDAGON BILLING SYSTEM".

[023] US8587454B1, entitled "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC PEDAGON BILLING TO USERS OF WIRELESS MOBILE DEVICES".

[024] CN1518725A, entitled "Road Toll System".

[025] CA2867173A1 entitled

"BEACON-BASED MOBILE PAYMENTS".

Poor points of the prior art

As can be seen, none of these known prior art patent documents have the characteristics of the subject-matter of this application. patent.

[027] Toll and parking payment systems, either directly at the cash register, either in kind or with debit or credit cards, prove impractical and quite uncomfortable.

[028] Automated systems using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, glued to the windshield of the respective vehicle, which are purchased beforehand by users, who receive their charges by bank means, are more practical. and efficient compared to the direct cash payment system. However, it is an obsolete system that does not report in real time the amount charged to the user's account when passing through a toll collection or parking lot, nor can it be deactivated or activated at the user's discretion and has no fraud security feature.

Solution presented

[029] With the natural advance of computerized and automated payment and credit systems, there was an opportunity to implement these new technologies, also in this toll and parking sector, in order to simplify the daily lives of users and logistics companies.

[030] Innovation is primarily focused on data communication between the user downloaded mobile app and the "NFC" - "Near Field Communication" data communication tag that simplifies tolling and parking for users. credit and payment, without the need for cash transactions or bank cards, among other related services, more independently possible.

[031] Mobile phone users with the app installed and the data transfer tag by "NFC" technology can conveniently manage their toll and parking payments from anywhere. It is a very simple system to operate by any kind of users.

[032] It should be understood that the payment system for toll and automotive stay services, in this case, is extremely simple in its implementation, being therefore easily feasible, but excellent practical and functional results are obtained, offering innovative constructivity over known models.

Brief Description of the Invention Drawings

In addition to the present description in order to gain a better understanding of the features of the present invention and according to a preferred practical embodiment thereof, accompanying the description is a set of drawings, where, by way of example, but not limitation, represented the following:

[034] FIG. 1 - Shows a block diagram of the step where the user downloads the application to his mobile phone for free and configures it.

[035] FIG. 2 - Shows a perspective view of the user approaching their mobile device to the "NFC" tag for system activation / deactivation.

[036] FIG. 3 - Shows a perspective view of a vehicle equipped with the system, object of the present patent application, which makes use of the "beacon / ibeacon", where You can see the mobile device resting on the center console. In this system the on / off function is performed automatically.

Detailed Description of the Invention

[037] The "System and Process for the Payment of Tolls and Vehicle Parking in General by Cellular Telephone Equipment", object of the present patent, provides a credit and debit system for use in tolls and parking in general where A mobile app, coupled with a data transmission tag, makes the payment service for such charges standalone without direct user intervention.

[038] The proposed system is intended to pay tolls, public and private parking charges through the mobile phone linked to a resource registration and management application and a short-range data communication tag " NFC "between the billing agents and the user.

[039] The billing system facilitates and automates the daily lives of users, and uses only the mobile phone registered in the proprietary system as a means of payment and the user can travel on toll roads without the need to stop and park the vehicle in parking lots. accredited.

[040] The billing system consists of making payments at locations registered with the service management system, such as: road tolls; traditional or automatic parking lots without attendants; special vacancies for elderly and disabled people; public vacancies that require a stop charge.

[041] The system under consideration has the functional principle based on the technology known as "NFC" - "Near Field Communication" - short-range wireless communication via electromagnetic induction field.

[042] In order to make use of the system the user must download the application to his mobile phone (1) free of charge from the known application providers of the major mobile phone manufacturers and operating systems.

[043] The user should then follow or refer to the given steps as follows:

a - View your current balance, previously paid (prepaid) (2);

b - Obtain a complete monthly expense statement (3);

c - Changes to plans such as prepaid, postpaid, automatic debit and credit card (4);

d - My registration (5);

and - Your route (6);

f - Search of registered places (7); g - Entering credits (prepaid) (8);

h - Additional conductors (9).

[044] To register (10), when the user is an individual (11), he / she must enter in the downloaded application on his / her mobile phone, his / her personal data and also of the vehicle (12) and if he / she is a legal entity (13), he / she company and vehicle data (14). [045] After registration as an individual or legal entity, they will receive at their addresses, or even remove at the operator's points, a communication tag with the "NFC" technology (15), integrated with the "QR Code" identification technology. "- two-dimensional barcode.

[046] The user, before placing the "NFC" tag at the given application location, must either enter in the downloaded application (16) the code that is located on the tag, or read the "QR Code".

[047] The application recognizes the code "NFC" and links to the user's mobile phone (17).

[048] The label "NFC" because it is sticky should be affixed to a vehicle location (18), as exemplified by the windshield or dashboard when it is able to use the system services.

[049] The user is ready to use the system for payment of tolls and vehicle parking in general by means of a mobile phone (19).

Technical characteristics of the eiarafe payment system

[050] It is a system developed for mobile payment (20) and consists of making payments in places registered by the system, such as parking lots, tolls, special spaces and public places that require a stop charge.

[051] This is a system designed to facilitate the daily lives of users, with only the use of a mobile device that, once registered, can travel on toll roads without the need to stop to perform the service. payment.

[052] The system has a mobile application (20) which can be downloaded for free from the software provider of the leading handset and operating system manufacturers.

[053] The application has several functions in which the user can:

• View your current balance in case of prepaid;

• Obtain the complete monthly expense statement;

• Access to plans changes, prepaid, postpaid, automatic debit and credit card;

• My cadastre;

• your route;

• Search of registered places;

• Put prepaid credit;

• Additional conductors.

System Health

[054] User downloads the system application on the agenda.

[055] The user makes the registration of the individual or legal entity and the data of the respective vehicles to be used in the system.

[056] Following this, the user receives at his address or can remove at one of the institutional points of the operator, his label "NFC" (21).

[057] Before attaching your label to the vehicle, you must enter in the application service the code that is located behind the adhesive of said label.

[058] The application recognizes the code under which you will be licensing your mobile phone (20) associated with the application, the "NFC" tag (21) which should then be affixed to the vehicle preferably on the windshield or dashboard.

[059] The "NFC" tag (21) allows for simplified transactions, data exchange, and wireless connections from two nearby devices, usually no more than a few centimeters.

Regarding NFC Tag Technology

[060] Developed by electronics companies, so-called near field communication (NFC) enables communication - read data exchange - between two compatible electronic devices that are just a few inches apart or leaning against each other extremely quickly and safely. In this case, first there will be the identification of one device by the other and in a second moment occurs, the transmission of data, effectively.

[061] "NFC" is a technology that emerged from "RFID" (radio frequency identification) and which allows two devices to communicate over long distances by radio frequency: one of them brings a power source and acts actively searching for information on the other device, which does not require its own power source to function.

[062] Near field communication, as the name suggests, limits the frequency field to a distance of up to 10 centimeters, so it is necessary to be very close to the object for data exchange and must note that data is obtained from the passive source by the source therefore, the information contained in any device using "NFC" technology cannot be accessed by other devices.

Function of "near field communication" in the system under consideration

[063] When the user enters the vehicle, they should bring their mobile device closer to the "NFC" tag affixed to an easily accessible location on their vehicle, and thus, the tag programmed with the enable function will perform the system activate function at any time. issue, without the user having to open the application installed on their mobile device and releasing the ticket at all points registered in the carrier system.

[064] The "NFC" system requires the system to be activated by the user bringing their mobile device closer to the "NFC" tag, both for system start and end of use.

[065] It is noteworthy that optionally the system, object of the present patent application, may be equipped with the "beacon / ibeacon" system (22), in which case the enable and disable functions will be performed automatically by the system.

Toll Charge Point

[066] When passing through any registered point, the user receives an "SMS" warning the amount of the fare charged by this billing point. The Short Message Service (SMS) in Portuguese means short message service, it is a service for the exchange of short text messages, which can be sent or received through a mobile device.

Parking Point Charge

[067] When passing through the billing point, the The user receives an "SMS" containing the time in which the billing point fare starts and starts.

[068] When parking and exiting the vehicle, your system is automatically turned off and the system is warned that the vehicle is stationary, recording its position.

[069] Upon return to the vehicle, the "NFC" tag fires again and your system is activated.

[070] When the vehicle passes the charge point (exit) it will issue an "SMS" showing the amount charged.

Special vacancies charge point

(disabled / elderly)

[071] With the system in question, special vacancies may be registered and released only for vehicles registered and released for use of these vacancies.

[072] Unregistered vehicles may be automatically fined by the system with the responsible agencies.

Admittedly, when the present utility model is put into practice, modifications may be made with regard to certain details of construction and form, without departing from the fundamental principles which are clearly substantiated in the claim framework. Thus, it is understood that the terminology employed was for the purpose of description rather than limitation.

Claims

CLAIMS:

1 - "Toll and pay parking system in general by means of mobile telephony equipment" means a financial transaction system for the payment of tolls, public and private parking facilities, comprising a mobile phone ( 20) linked to a resource management and registration application and a near field communication (21) near-field communication (21) data label, which can optionally be the "beacon / ibeacon" system (22) is used.

2 - "PROCESS FOR PAYMENT OF TREES AND VEHICLE PARKING IN GENERAL THROUGH CELL PHONE DEVICE", according to claim 1, is characterized by a procedure in which the user must initially download the application, compatible with his operating system. , to your mobile phone (1) and follow or refer to the steps you have taken, ie view your current balance (2) previously paid, get full monthly spend statement (3), plan changes like prepaid, post- paid, automatic debit and credit card (4), registration status (5), your route (6), survey of registered locations (7), insert credits (8) and define additional drivers (9), register ( 10), when the user is an individual (11) must enter in the application downloaded on his mobile phone, his personal data and also the vehicle (12) and if he is a legal person (13), must enter the company and vehicle data company (14); after registration as an individual or legal entity, they will receive at their addresses, or even remove at the operator's points a communication tag with "NFC" technology (15), integrated with "QR Code" identification technology - two-dimensional barcode, the user before placing the "NFC" tag in the specified location application, you must enter in the downloaded application (16) the code that is located on the tag, or read the "QR Code", where the application recognizes the code "NFC" and establishes a link with the user's mobile phone; The "NFC" label because it is sticky should be affixed to a vehicle location as exemplified by the windshield or dashboard at which time it is able to use the services of the systems.

3 - "PROCESS FOR PAYMENT OF TREES AND VEHICLE PARKING IN GENERAL THROUGH CELL PHONE DEVICE", according to claim 1, is characterized in that the system comprises the following process: the user enters the vehicle and approaches his device. "NFC" tag glued to somewhere within easy reach of your vehicle, so the tag programmed with the enable function will perform the activate system function without the user having to open the app installed on their device. mobile phone and clearing the ticket at all points registered in the operator's system; The "NFC" system requires the user to activate the system by bringing his mobile phone closer to the "NFC" tag (21) both for system start and end, and in the "beacon / ibeacon" system. "(22) this function will be performed automatically by the system; at toll collection points, when passing through any registered point, the user receives an "SMS" from the collection point informing the fare value; in parking, when passing through the charging point, the user receives an "SMS" containing the time of entry and start of collection of the collection point fare, and the user when parking and leaving the vehicle, his system is automatically turned off and the system is warned that the vehicle is stopped , recording your position and when you return to the vehicle, the label "NFC" is triggered again and your system is activated, and when the vehicle goes through the point of collection (exit) will issue a "SMS" showing the amount charged; For collection points for special vacancies (disabled / elderly), these should be registered and released only for vehicles registered and released for use of these vacancies and unregistered vehicles can be automatically fined by the system with the responsible agencies.