Patents by Inventor Sarath K. Balachandran

Sarath K. 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: 20230010154
    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: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20190139324
    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: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Patent number: 10176646
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: ATS TOLLING LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20170337598
    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: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Debbie Lemon, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Patent number: 9715703
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: ATS TOLLING LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Debbie Lemon, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Patent number: 9418487
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ATS Tolling LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20160125665
    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: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: ATS Tolling LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20150066605
    Abstract: A method for providing a toll payment service, the method includes establishing, by a renter, a toll payment account with a vehicle operator via a third-party entity, providing, to the renter, a toll payment service option, and determining whether the renter has accepted the toll payment service option. Responsive to a determination that the renter has accepted the toll payment service option, adding toll-usage credit to the toll payment account of the renter for an amount based upon anticipated needs of the renter prior to toll usage. The toll-usage credit from the toll payment account is utilized for paying one or more toll authorities for toll usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Sarath K. Balachandran, Anand Shanmuga Sundaram
  • Publication number: 20140289024
    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: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Rent A Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin P. ROBINSON, Debbie S. Lemon, Sarath K. BALACHANDRAN
  • Publication number: 20140244492
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Rent A Toll, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sarath K. BALACHANDRAN
  • Patent number: 8768753
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Rent A Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Debbie Lemon, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Patent number: 8768754
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Rent-A-Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Patent number: 8754750
    Abstract: An enclosure for housing a radio frequency integrated device (RFID) transponder. The enclosure includes a front surface comprising a non-shielding material, a top surface, a bottom surface, a right-side surface, a left-side surface and a rear surface. The top surface, the bottom surface, the right-side surface, the left-side surface and the rear surface include a shielding material. The enclosure selectively enables and disables communication between the RFID transponder and toll collection units relative to a position of the front surface of the enclosure within a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Rent A Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rick Welch, Marshall B. Viney, Kyle Richard Welch, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Patent number: 8744905
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Rent A Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Debbie Lemon, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20140149190
    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: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Rent A Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin P. ROBINSON, Sarath K. BALACHANDRAN
  • Patent number: 8738525
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Rent A Toll, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Publication number: 20140019349
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Rent A Toll, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Patent number: 8374909
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Rent A Toll, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Robinson, Debbie Lemon, Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Patent number: 8363899
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Rent A Toll, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sarath K. Balachandran
  • Patent number: D743290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: ATS Tolling LLC
    Inventors: Rick Welch, Sarath K. Balachandran, Kyle Richard Welch