METHOD FOR PAYING TOLL BY USING PORTABLE TERMINAL AND PROGRAM FOR THE METHOD

Japanese Patent JP3786601

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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a toll paying method or the like for dealing with a plurality of persons and permitting the divided payment of a toll by two or more persons by using a portable telephone. SOLUTION: Before passing an express way entrance/exit gate 1 or 2, a specific application of a portable telephone 5 (or an optional one of portable telephones) owned by a driver of an automobile 6 is started up in advance. The started portable telephone 5 returns a specific signal (a signal including information indicating the will of using an express way) differently from a normal portable telephone. The gate 1 or 2 receiving the signal transfers various data included in the signal to a computer 3. The various data include the portable telephone number of the user, a vehicle identifier, etc., and in dividing the toll by two or more persons, include the portable telephone numbers, payment ratios (preset after starting the application) of payers of divided payment, or the like. The user and the payers of the divided payment should be preregistered in a user master 3a.