Embodiments of the present invention provide a communicable integration of a user network of devices and a vendor system. Embodiments receive, at the vendor system from the user network of devices, a request for provisioning of products by a vendor; determine a provisioning location for provisioning of the products by the vendor; continuously identify a real-time location of the user via the one or more components of the user network of devices; continuously calculate a real-time first limit based on the continuously identified current location of the user and the provisioning location; calculate a total time to provision the products comprising a sum of a product preparation time and the real-time first limit; and optimize delivery of the products based on the total time to provision and the real-time location of the user.

This disclosure makes vehicle passage at a tollbooth on a vehicle road smoother. A plurality of candidate lanes are selected based on whether or not a first vehicle scheduled to pass through a tollbooth is an ETC vehicle, and the type of each lane at the tollbooth. Moreover, a predicted value in correlation with a required time predicted to be required for passing through the tollbooth is calculated for each candidate lane. Further, a recommended lane that is recommended for the first vehicle to travel is determined from the plurality of candidate lanes based on the predicted value for each candidate lane.

This monitoring plan evaluation system includes a vehicle monitoring information acquisition unit which acquires vehicle monitoring information indicating a result of monitoring of a vehicle, the vehicle monitoring information including monitoring execution condition information indicating at least one of a monitoring place and a monitoring time of the vehicle and information of the vehicle that has been subjected to monitoring at the monitoring place or the monitoring time, a movement information acquisition unit which acquires vehicle movement information regarding movement of each of a plurality of vehicles, and a passage extent information generator which generates passage extent information, which indicates an extent of passage of a vehicle that is to be monitored in a condition indicated by a candidate monitoring execution condition including at least one of a place and a time where and when to monitor vehicles, on the basis of the vehicle movement information and the vehicle monitoring information.

This monitoring plan evaluation system includes a vehicle monitoring information acquisition unit which acquires vehicle monitoring information indicating a result of monitoring of a vehicle, the vehicle monitoring information including monitoring execution condition information indicating at least one of a monitoring place and a monitoring time of the vehicle and information of the vehicle that has been subjected to monitoring at the monitoring place or the monitoring time, a movement information acquisition unit which acquires vehicle movement information regarding movement of each of a plurality of vehicles, and a passage extent information generator which generates passage extent information, which indicates an extent of passage of a vehicle that is to be monitored in a condition indicated by a candidate monitoring execution condition including at least one of a place and a time where and when to monitor vehicles, on the basis of the vehicle movement information and the vehicle monitoring information.

An onboard unit for levying tolls for a vehicle comprises a satellite navigation receiver for generating position fixes, a memory for recording geoobjects, a radio interface, and a processor, which generates toll data from a geographical comparison of position fixes with geoobjects in a digital map and transmits this data via the radio interface. The memory has an index memory region for an index tree for geoobjects, a first static object memory region for a primary list with geoobjects, and a second object memory region, which can be written dynamically via the radio interface, for a secondary list with geoobjects. At least one leaf of the index tree contains a reference to a secondary list, and wherein the processor is configured, upon accessing a geoobject via a leaf, to use the secondary list before the primary list. A method for updating geodata in such an onboard unit is also disclosed.

An onboard unit for levying tolls for a vehicle comprises a satellite navigation receiver for generating position fixes, a memory for recording geoobjects, a radio interface, and a processor, which generates toll data from a geographical comparison of position fixes with geoobjects in a digital map and transmits this data via the radio interface. The memory has an index memory region for an index tree for geoobjects, a first static object memory region for a primary list with geoobjects, and a second object memory region, which can be written dynamically via the radio interface, for a secondary list with geoobjects. At least one leaf of the index tree contains a reference to a secondary list, and wherein the processor is configured, upon accessing a geoobject via a leaf, to use the secondary list before the primary list. A method for updating geodata in such an onboard unit is also disclosed.

An account is managed using information read from a dual frequency transponder. Information stored on the dual frequency transponder can be read by a NFC-enabled device and by a UHF RFID reader. The information links, corresponds, or otherwise provides access to account information stored at a remote server. For example, a NFC-enabled device can read the information from the dual frequency transponder and use that information to enable instant and on-the-spot recharging of a toll account. In addition, a UHF RFID toll reader can scan information from the dual frequency transponder and use that information to debit toll charges from the correct toll account. The dual frequency transponder can be embedded in a license plate and read using a reader placed in the road. Additionally, the transponder can be configured to function at the correct frequency only when a valid vehicle registration sticker is applied to the license plate.

The present invention relates generally to enabling payment transactions to be conducted and particularly to a method of, a system for, and a server computer for enabling a payment transaction to be conducted in a linked, integrated, interchangeable payment system (LIIPS) including a passageway payment system using a radio frequency identification (RFID) sticker, or any device similar to it, which is linked to payment devices such as credit cards, debit cards, prepaid cards, or payment-enabled mobile phones, and further referenced to one or more payment accounts such as credit accounts, debit accounts, and prepaid accounts associated with the payment devices for easy payment of toll fees and other charges in passageways such as tollways or similar facilities such as, for example, for ferries, roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ships, parking areas, parks, events areas, events centers, and the like. Further, the payment device can be engaged in a point-of-sale (POS) transaction at any POS system which may include an RFID interrogator for interrogating the RFID sticker as and when a vehicle to which the RFID sticker is secured moves into the periphery of the RFID interrogator located, for example, in a tollway.

A system comprising a processor configured to advise a vehicle occupant of an advisable route through a tollbooth determined based on tollbooth traffic, responsive to identifying a vehicle as being within a threshold distance of a tollbooth. The processor is also configured to offer an option for toll prepayment responsive to the advisable route corresponding to a prepaid toll lane.

Systems and methods for integrating cameras and phased array antennas for use in electronic toll charge (ETC) are disclosed. In one aspect, an ETC system includes a camera including a lens and configured to capture an image indicative of a position of a vehicle and a plurality of antennas formed in a ring around the lens of the camera. The system further includes control circuitry configured to: determine the position of the vehicle based on the image captured by the camera, adjust the antennas for beamforming based on the position of the vehicle, and wirelessly communicate with an on board device (OBU) of the vehicle via the beamforming provided by the adjusted antennas.