Patents by Inventor Sarath Balachandran

Sarath Balachandran 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: 20070299721
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for billing based on a duration of a service period, comprises sending fleet data from a third party entity to a toll authority via a toll rental entity, matching toll data with the fleet data by the toll authority, if the toll data matches the fleet data: charging an account by the toll authority and sending the matched data to the toll rental entity, determining, by the toll rental entity, if the sent matched data is related to an opt-in for duration based tolling or an opt-out for duration based tolling, if the sent matched data is related to an opt-in for duration based tolling, charging the third party entity for the duration based tolling, and if the sent matched data is related to an opt-out for duration based tolling, applying at least one of: a fee for the duration based tolling, a toll usage amount, a service fee for the duration based tolling, and a service fee for the toll usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: Rent-A-Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin Robinson, Debbie Lemon, Sarath Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20070285279
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for determining a toll amount comprises determining a capture rate of transports at a toll location and determining the toll amount based on the capture rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Rent-A-Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin Robinson, Sarath Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20070192177
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for toll service activation using an on-board unit in a third party transport comprises, a third party entity, a toll rental entity, and an on-board unit communicably coupled to the third party entity and to the toll rental entity, wherein the on-board unit, receives a position signal, initiates a toll service request, converts the position signal to a toll usage, and stores the position signal, the toll service request and the toll usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Rent-A-Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin Robinson, Sarath Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20070124198
    Abstract: Billing tolls accumulated during a rental period comprises a third party entity, a toll authority, and a toll rental entity coupled to the third party entity and to the toll authority, wherein the third party entity sends a request for service to the toll rental entity, wherein the toll rental entity sends the request for service during the rental period to the toll authority, wherein the toll authority stores the request, wherein the toll authority sends toll data to the toll rental entity based on the request, wherein the toll rental entity sends toll rental data to the third party entity based on the toll data, and wherein the third party entity generates a bill based on the toll rental data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Benjamin Robinson, Debbie Lemon, Sarath Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20070124197
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for billing comprises receiving, by a toll authority, data related to a tracking device coupled to a rented transport, contemporaneously receiving, by the device from the toll authority, information including at least one of: a direction of travel by the transport, a location of the transport, a price of the toll, a toll gate number, a date, and a time, reading the received information by a reader, sending the read information to a database, matching the sent information with information related to a rental agreement, wherein the rental agreement covers the rented transport, and determining a billing amount based on the matched information
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Rent-A-Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin Robinson, Debbie Lemon, Sarath Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20070124199
    Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for toll service activation and billing, comprises receiving fleet information at a toll authority via a toll rental entity, receiving a service request at the toll rental entity, sending toll usage data related to the service request to a third party entity, receiving a payment at the toll rental entity based on the service request, and sending a payment to the toll authority based on the toll usage data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: Rent-A-Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin Robinson, Debbie Lemon, Sarath Balachandran