ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,217,289, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to GEOTOLL INC. (Boca Raton, Fla.).
"Method and apparatus for determining a road usage charge" was invented by Jaime Andres Borras (Miramar, Fla.) and Wyatt Drake Geist (Davie, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for determining a distance travelled by a vehicle for the purpose of assessing and settling a road usage charge allows for determining a distance travelled with a vehicle. A mobile device can acquire odometer values which are subsequently reported to a system that confirms the distance drive and determines a road usage charge. Once the actual distance travelled by the...