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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 satisfact

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.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] A system for toll payment by mobiles comprising:a communication device and an electronic purse coupled to the device located on each mobile, the electronic purse being part of an electronic cash system;localiser means for localizing the communication devices;a remote communication s

[ I claim:] [1.] A system for toll payment by mobiles comprising:a communication device and an electronic purse coupled to the device located on each mobile, the electronic purse being part of an electronic cash system;localiser means for localizing the communication devices;a remote communication system for communicating with the mobile communication devices to effect toll payments by exchanging cryptographically secure value transfer messages;means for obtaining a mobile identifier identifying the communication device or the mobile carrying the electronic purse;means for correlating temporarily the mobile identifier with an identifier for the electronic purse; andmeans for (a) discarding the mobile identifier if the toll payment transaction is completed satisfactorily or (b) discarding the purse identifier if the toll payment transaction fails.