Patents by Inventor Cathi Chinn

Cathi Chinn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250342729
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for dynamically enrolling a vehicle with a tolling authority by transmitting a vehicle toll service enrollment request message to a backend server of a toll managed services server (TMSS) upon detecting that the vehicle has entered onto a proximity corridor area associated with a toll road managed by the tolling authority, and then receiving a vehicle enrollment message from the TMSS after the TMSS determines that the vehicle is not enrolled with the tolling authority and displaying a vehicle enrollment message for viewing by an operator of the vehicle which invites an operator of the vehicle to enroll the vehicle with the tolling authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2025
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Inventors: Cathi Chinn, Stephen C. Young
  • Patent number: 12367714
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for dynamically enrolling a vehicle with a tolling authority by transmitting a vehicle toll service enrollment request message to a backend server of a toll managed services server (TMSS) upon detecting that the vehicle has entered onto a proximity corridor area associated with a toll road managed by the tolling authority, and then receiving a vehicle enrollment message from the TMSS after the TMSS determines that the vehicle is not enrolled with the tolling authority and displaying a vehicle enrollment message for viewing by an operator of the vehicle which invites an operator of the vehicle to enroll the vehicle with the tolling authority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: VM Consolidated, Inc.
    Inventors: Cathi Chinn, Stephen C. Young
  • Publication number: 20250111702
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for dynamically enrolling a vehicle with a tolling authority by transmitting a vehicle toll service enrollment request message to a backend server of a toll managed services server (TMSS) upon detecting that the vehicle has entered onto a proximity corridor area associated with a toll road managed by the tolling authority, and then receiving a vehicle enrollment message from the TMSS after the TMSS determines that the vehicle is not enrolled with the tolling authority and displaying a vehicle enrollment message for viewing by an operator of the vehicle which invites an operator of the vehicle to enroll the vehicle with the tolling authority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Cathi Chinn, Stephen C. Young
  • Publication number: 20250111703
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for dynamically managing road use charges for a vehicle which transmits one or more messages to a backend server of a road use charging (RUC) service with vehicle location data and RUC-related data collected from a memory storage device or one or more in-vehicle sensors which capture the RUC-related data relating to the vehicle operation and design so that the backend server of the RUC service can generate an RUC report which includes one or more adjustments to a RUC rate for the vehicle based on the RUC-related data in the second message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Cathi Chinn, Stephen C. Young
  • Publication number: 20250111415
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for dynamically managing toll charges for a vehicle which transmits one or more messages to a backend server of a toll service with vehicle location data and toll-related data collected from a memory storage device or one or more in-vehicle sensors which capture the toll-related data relating to the vehicle operation and design so that the backend server of the toll service can calculate one or more adjustments to a toll charge rate for the vehicle based on the toll-related data in the second message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Cathi Chinn, Stephen C. Young