System, method and computer readable medium for toll service activation and billing

1 . A method for toll service activation and billing, comprising:

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.

2 . The method of claim 1 comprising sending an invoice to the third party entity by the toll rental entity.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the payment is sent during at least one of: consistently, periodically, gradually, completely.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the fleet information comprises at least one of a license plate number, a license plate state, a license state type, an RFID transponder identification, a vehicle identification number, a vehicle owner, a vehicle make, a vehicle model, and a vehicle color.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the service request comprises at lease one of a transaction based service request, a location based service request, a frequency based service request, and an occupancy based service request.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the fleet information and the receiving of the service request occur during at least one of at different times, at the same time, in real-time, in near real-time, in batch mode, serially, and in parallel.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the service request comprises at least one of: an opt-in for the service, an opt-out for the service, a late opt-in for the service, and a late opt-out for the service.

8 . A method for toll service activation and billing, comprising:

receiving fleet information at a toll authority via a toll rental entity;

receiving a service request at the toll rental entity;

if the service request consists of an opt-in for service, sending a payment to the toll authority based on the service request; and

if the service request consists of an opt-out for service, sending a payment to the toll authority if the toll rental entity receives a valid toll usage during the opt-out for service.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the sending of the payment to the toll authority based on the service request occurs irrespective of toll usage data.

10 . A method for toll service activation and billing, comprising:

receiving a service request at the toll rental entity;

if the service request consists of an opt-in for service, sending a payment to a toll authority based on the service request; and

if the service request consists of an opt-out for service, sending a payment to the toll authority if the toll rental entity receives a valid toll usage during the opt-out for service;

receiving toll usage data at the toll rental entity;

matching the toll usage data with information related to the opt-in for service and the opt-out for service; and

sending a payment related to the matched toll usage data.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the payment is sent to at least one of: the toll authority, and a third party entity.

12 . A computer readable medium comprising instructions for:

receiving fleet information;

receiving a service request related to the fleet information;

sending toll usage data related to the service request;

receiving a payment from a first entity based on the sent service request; and

sending a payment to a second entity based on the toll usage data.

13 . A computer readable medium comprising instructions for:

receiving fleet information;

receiving a service request related to the fleet information; and

sending a payment based on the service request if the service request consists of an opt-in for service.

14 . The computer readable medium of claim 13 comprising instructions for sending a payment if a transport rental entity receives a valid toll usage during an opt-out for service.

15 . The computer readable medium of claim 13 comprising instructions for sending the payment irrespective of toll usage data.

16 . A computer readable medium comprising instructions for:

receiving a service request;

if the service request consists of an opt-in for service, sending a payment based on the service request; and

if the service request consists of an opt-out for service, sending a payment based on a valid toll usage during the opt-out for service.

17 . The computer readable medium of claim 13 comprising instructions for receiving toll usage data and matching the toll usage data with information related to the opt-in for service and the opt-out for service.

18 . The computer readable medium of claim 17 comprising instructions for sending a payment related to the matched toll usage data.

19 . The computer readable medium of claim 17 comprising instructions for sending the payment to a toll authority.

20 . A system for toll service activation and billing, comprising:

a toll rental entity that:

receives fleet information;

receives service requests;

receives payments based on the service requests;

sends toll usage data related to the service requests to a first non-toll rental entity; and

sends a payment to a second non-toll rental entity based on the toll usage data.