Payment of highway tolls via a mobile telecommunications network

1. A method for processing payment of tolls by a mobile telecommunications service provider, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a starting location of a mobile telecommunications device;

receiving, by the processor, a destination;

calculating, by the processor, a route from the starting location to the destination to generate a calculated route;

identifying, by the processor, a toll plaza comprising toll booths along the calculated route prior to the mobile telecommunications device arriving at the toll plaza;

recording, by the processor, based on a message from the mobile telecommunications device received at one of a plurality of microcell transceivers integrated into a mobile telecommunications network of the mobile telecommunications service provider and located in the vicinity of a respective toll booth, a date and time at which the mobile telecommunications device passes through the respective toll booth to generate a recorded date and time;

receiving, by the processor, a recorded toll transaction;

comparing, by the processor, the recorded date and time with the recorded toll transaction; and

upon determining a discrepancy between the recorded date and time and the recorded toll transaction, resolving, by the processor, the discrepancy.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

calculating turn-by-turn instructions based on the calculated route.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

sending the turn-by-turn instructions to the mobile telecommunications device.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

pre-paying a toll based on the toll plaza along the calculated route.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the mobile telecommunications device is transported by a vehicle identified by a license plate with a license plate number.

6. An apparatus for processing payment of tolls by a mobile telecommunications service provider, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory to store computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed on the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a starting location of a mobile telecommunications device;

receiving a destination;

calculating a route from the starting location to the destination to generate a calculated route;

identifying a toll plaza comprising toll booths along the calculated route prior to the mobile telecommunications device arriving at the toll plaza;

recording, based on a message from the mobile telecommunications device received at one of a plurality of microcell transceivers integrated into a mobile telecommunications network of the mobile telecommunications service provider and located in the vicinity of a respective toll booth, a date and time at which the mobile telecommunications device passes through the respective toll booth to generate a recorded date and time;

receiving a recorded toll transaction;

comparing the recorded date and time with the recorded toll transaction; and

upon determining a discrepancy between the recorded date and time and the recorded toll transaction, resolving the discrepancy.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , the operations further comprising:

calculating turn-by-turn instructions based on the calculated route.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , the operations further comprising:

sending the turn-by-turn instructions to the mobile telecommunications device.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , the operations further comprising:

pre-paying a toll based on the toll plaza along the calculated route.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for processing payment of tolls by a mobile telecommunications service provider, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a starting location of a mobile telecommunications device;

receiving a destination;

calculating a route from the starting location to the destination to generate a calculated route;

identifying a toll plaza comprising toll booths along the calculated route prior to the mobile telecommunications device arriving at the toll plaza;

recording, based on a message from the mobile telecommunications device received at one of a plurality of microcell transceivers integrated into a mobile telecommunications network of the mobile telecommunications service provider and located in the vicinity of a respective toll booth, a date and time at which the mobile telecommunications device passes through the respective toll booth to generate a recorded date and time;

receiving a recorded toll transaction;

comparing the recorded date and time with the recorded toll transaction; and

upon determining a discrepancy between the recorded date and time and the recorded toll transaction, resolving the discrepancy.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

calculating turn-by-turn instructions based on the calculated route.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , the operations further comprising:

sending the turn-by-turn instructions to the mobile telecommunications device.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , the operations further comprising:

pre-paying a toll based on the toll plaza along the calculated route.