Method and system for processing vehicular violations
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06K-009/00
G06K-009/62
G08G-001/00
G07B-015/00
G06Q-040/00
G06F-019/00
H04N-007/18
출원번호
US-0577443
(2009-10-12)
등록번호
US-8363899
(2013-01-29)
발명자
/ 주소
Balachandran, Sarath K.
출원인 / 주소
Rent A Toll, Ltd.
인용정보
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91
초록▼
A method includes receiving paper comprising information regarding a vehicular violation, the information comprising a unique vehicle identifier and a violation classification, extracting from the paper the unique vehicle identifier and the violation classification via automated pattern recognition,
A method includes receiving paper comprising information regarding a vehicular violation, the information comprising a unique vehicle identifier and a violation classification, extracting from the paper the unique vehicle identifier and the violation classification via automated pattern recognition, uploading the extracted unique vehicle identifier and the violation classification to a database, determining whether the extracted unique vehicle identifier is associated with a predefined plurality of vehicles, responsive to a determination that the unique vehicle identifier is associated with a vehicle of the predefined plurality of vehicles, charging a violation fee for the vehicular violation to a party that was responsible for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation, responsive to a determination that the unique vehicle identifier is not associated with the predefined plurality of vehicles, disputing responsibility for the vehicular violation.
대표청구항▼
1. A method comprising: receiving paper comprising information regarding a vehicular violation, the information comprising a unique vehicle identifier and a violation classification;extracting from the paper the unique vehicle identifier and the violation classification via automated pattern recogni
1. A method comprising: receiving paper comprising information regarding a vehicular violation, the information comprising a unique vehicle identifier and a violation classification;extracting from the paper the unique vehicle identifier and the violation classification via automated pattern recognition;uploading the extracted unique vehicle identifier and the violation classification to a database;determining whether the extracted unique vehicle identifier is associated with a predefined plurality of vehicles;responsive to a determination that the unique vehicle identifier is associated with a vehicle of the predefined plurality of vehicles, charging a violation fee for the vehicular violation to a party that was responsible for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation;responsive to a determination that the unique vehicle identifier is not associated with the predefined plurality of vehicles, disputing responsibility for the vehicular violation; andwherein the predefined plurality of vehicles is a plurality of vehicles available for rent by a rental-car agency. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the disputing step comprises providing evidence of non-responsibility for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the evidence of non-responsibility comprises sale documents. 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the evidence of non-responsibility comprises lease-return documents. 5. The method of claim 1, comprising, responsive to a determination that the unique vehicle identifier is associated with the vehicle of the predefined plurality of vehicles: determining whether the vehicle was rented at the time of the vehicular violation;responsive to a determination that the vehicle was rented at the time of the vehicular violation, identifying a renter of the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation as the party responsible for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation; andresponsive to a determination that the vehicle was not rented at the time of the vehicular violation, identifying the rental-car agency as the party responsible for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation. 6. The method of claim 5, comprising: identifying an employee of the rental-car agency who was responsible for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation; andcharging the employee the violation fee. 7. The method of claim 1, comprising paying the violation fee. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the unique vehicle identifier is a license-plate number. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step comprises comparing the unique vehicle identifier to a plurality of unique vehicle identifiers in a database. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the database comprises rental-car-agreement data of a rental-car agency. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicular violation is selected from the group consisting of a toll violation, a parking violation, and a traffic violation. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the violation classification is selected from the group consisting of a first notice, a second notice, a collection letter, and a court notice. 13. The method of claim 1, comprising sorting the vehicular violation among a plurality of vehicular violations by the violation classification. 14. A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising: receiving paper comprising information regarding a vehicular violation, the information comprising a unique vehicle identifier and a violation classification;extracting from the paper the unique vehicle identifier and the violation classification via automated pattern recognition;uploading the extracted unique vehicle identifier and the violation classification to a database;determining whether the extracted unique vehicle identifier is associated with a predefined plurality of vehicles;responsive to a determination that the unique vehicle identifier is associated with a vehicle of the predefined plurality of vehicles, charging a violation fee for the vehicular violation to a party that was responsible for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation;responsive to a determination that the unique vehicle identifier is not associated with the predefined plurality of vehicles, disputing responsibility for the vehicular violation; andwherein the predefined plurality of vehicles is a plurality of vehicles available for rent by a rental-car agency. 15. The computer-program product of claim 14, wherein the disputing step comprises providing evidence of non-responsibility for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation. 16. The computer-program product of claim 15, wherein the evidence of non-responsibility comprises sale documents. 17. The computer-program product of claim 15, wherein the evidence of non-responsibility comprises lease-return documents. 18. The computer-program product of claim 14, the method comprising, responsive to a determination that the unique vehicle identifier is associated with the vehicle of the predefined plurality of vehicles: determining whether the vehicle was rented at the time of the vehicular violation;responsive to a determination that the vehicle was rented at the time of the vehicular violation, identifying a renter of the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation as the party responsible for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation; andresponsive to a determination that the vehicle was not rented at the time of the vehicular violation, identifying the rental-car agency as the party responsible for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation. 19. The computer-program product of claim 18, the method comprising: identifying an employee of the rental-car agency who was responsible for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation; andcharging the employee the violation fee. 20. The computer-program product of claim 14, the method comprising paying the violation fee. 21. The computer-program product of claim 14, wherein the unique vehicle identifier is a license-plate number. 22. The computer-program product of claim 14, wherein the determining step comprises comparing the unique vehicle identifier to a plurality of unique vehicle identifiers in a database. 23. The computer-program product of claim 22, wherein the database comprises rental-car-agreement data of a rental-car agency. 24. The computer-program product of claim 14, wherein the vehicular violation is selected from the group consisting of a toll violation, a parking violation, and a traffic violation. 25. The computer-program product of claim 14, wherein the violation classification is selected from the group consisting of a first notice, a second notice, a collection letter, and a court notice. 26. The computer-program product of claim 14, comprising sorting the vehicular violation among a plurality of vehicular violations by the violation classification. 27. A method comprising: receiving paper comprising information regarding a vehicular violation, the information comprising a unique vehicle identifier and a violation classification;extracting from the paper the unique vehicle identifier and the violation classification via automated pattern recognition;uploading the extracted unique vehicle identifier and the violation classification to a database;determining whether the extracted unique vehicle identifier is associated with a predefined plurality of vehicles;responsive to a determination that the unique vehicle identifier is associated with a vehicle of the predefined plurality of vehicles, charging a violation fee for the vehicular violation to a party that was responsible for the vehicle at the time of the vehicular violation;responsive to a determination that the unique vehicle identifier is not associated with the predefined plurality of vehicles, disputing responsibility for the vehicular violation;wherein the determining step comprises comparing the unique vehicle identifier to a plurality of unique vehicle identifiers in a database; andwherein the database comprises rental-car-agreement data of a rental-car agency.
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