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`said at least one data processor receives information sensed by said at least one
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`sensor, indicating the time during which said vehicle is parked and where said vehicle is
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`parked and provides a parking data output in respect of parking, which is dependent on
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`the time during which said vehicle is parked and where said Vehicle is parked.
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`6.
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`A vehicle-related services system according to claim 5 and wherein said at least
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`one sensor and said at least one data processor are operative without vehicle operator
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`initiative to provide an indication of at least one of the time during which said vehicle is
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`parked and where said vehicle is parked.
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`7.
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`A vehicle-related services system according to claim 5 or claim 6 and wherein
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`said sensor is on-board said vehicle.
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`8.
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`A vehicle-related services system according to any of claims 5 to 7 and also
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`comprising:
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`at least one communicator on-board said vehicle providing an output indicating
`the time during which vehicle is parked and where said vehicle is parked; and
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`a receiver associated with said at
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`least one data processor for receiving a
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`communication from said
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`one
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`communicator
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`and
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`employing said
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`communication for providing said information to said at least one data processor.
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`9.
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`A vehicle-related services system according to claim 8 and wherein said
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`communicator communicates with said receiver at least partially not in real time.
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`10. A vehicle-related services system according to claim 8 or claim 9 and wherein
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`said communicator communicates with an intermediate storage and communication unit
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`only when a vehicle in which said communicator is located is at one of a plurality of
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`predetermined locations.
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`ll. A vehicle-related services system according to claim 10 and wherein said
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`intermediate storage and communication unit is located at a vehicle fueling station.
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`12. A vehicle-related services system according to any of claims 5 to 11 and wherein
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`said information includes identification of a street parking location in which said
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`vehicle is stationary for at least a predetermined amount of time.
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`13. A vehicle-related services system according to any of the preceding claims and
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`wherein said at least one sensor is operative to sense the time during which a vehicle is
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`not being operated without requiring interaction with an indicating device fixed in
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`propinquity to said location.
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`14. A vehicle—related services system according to claim 5 or claim 6 and wherein
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`said at least one sensor is operative using triangulation to determine where a vehicle is
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`parked.
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`15. A vehicle—related services system according to any of the preceding claims and
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`also comprising at least one on-board vehicle potential additional parking space sensor
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`which is operative when a vehicle is stationary at a street parking place for indicating
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`whether at least one potential additional adjacent parking place is unoccupied.
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`16. A vehicle—related services system according to claim 15 and also comprising:
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`at
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`least one on-board vehicle communicator providing an output
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`indicating
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`existence of at least one potential unoccupied additional adjacent parking place;
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`a street parking map database indicating legal street parking spaces;
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`a correlator receiving said output indicating existence of at least one potential
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`unoccupied additional adjacent parking place and correlating it with said legal street
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`parking spaces; and
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`an available parking communicator providing information regarding unoccupied
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`legal street parking places to at least one driver.
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`17. A vehicle—related services system including:
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`a plurality of on-board potential additional parking space sensors located on a
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`plurality of vehicles, which sensors each provide an output indicating existence of at
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`least one potential unoccupied additional adjacent parking place adjacent a vehicle
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`located in a street parking location; and
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`an available parking communicator employing information received from said
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`plurality of sensors and providing information regarding unoccupied street parking
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`places to at least one driver.
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`18. A vehicle—related services system according to claim 17 and also comprising:
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`a street parking map database indicating legal street parking spaces; and
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`a correlator receiving said output indicating existence of at least one potential
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`unoccupied additional adjacent parking place and correlating it with said legal street
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`parking spaces.
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`19. A vehicle—related services system comprising:
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`at least one sensor on-board a vehicle and automatically sensing at least one of the
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`time during which said vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle is located when
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`it is being operated;
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`at least one communicator on-board said vehicle providing an output indicating at
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`least one of the time during which said vehicle is being operated and Where said vehicle
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`is located when it is being operated; and
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`at least one data processor receiving a communication from said at
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`least one
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`communicator, indicating at least one of the time during which said vehicle is being
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`operated and where said vehicle is located when it is being operated and providing a
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`billing data output in respect of a vehicle—related service which is dependent only on at
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`least one of the time during which said vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle
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`is located when it is being operated.
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`20. A vehicle—related services system comprising:
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`at least one sensor on-board a vehicle and automatically sensing only at least one
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`of the time during which said vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle is located
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`when it is being operated;
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`at least one communicator on-board said vehicle providing an output indicating at
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`least one of the time during which said vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle
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`is located when it is being operated; and
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`at least one data processor receiving a communication from said at
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`least one
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`communicator, indicating at least one of the time during which said vehicle is being
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`operated and where said vehicle is located when it
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`is being operated and providing a
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`billing data output in respect of a vehicle—related service which is dependent on at least
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`one of the time during which said vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle is
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`located when it is being operated.
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`21. A vehicle—related services system comprising:
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`at least one sensor on-board a vehicle and automatically sensing at least one of the
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`time during which said vehicle is being operated and the distance traveled by said
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`vehicle while it is being operated;
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`at least one communicator on-board said vehicle providing an output indicating at
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`least one of the time during which said vehicle is being operated and the distance
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`traveled by said vehicle while it is being operated; and
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`communicator, indicating at least one of the time during which said vehicle is being
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`operated and the distance traveled by said vehicle while it
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`is being operated; and
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`providing a billing data output in respect of a vehicle-related service which is dependent
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`only on at least one of the time during which said vehicle is being operated and the
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`distance traveled by said vehicle while it is being operated.
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`22. A vehicle-related services system according to any of claims 1 to 3 or claims 19 to
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`21 and wherein said at least one data processor comprises a vehicle insurance billing
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`data processor.
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`23. A vehicle-related services system according to any of claims 19 to 21 and wherein
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`said communicator communicates with an intermediate storage and communication unit
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`only when a vehicle in which said communicator is located is at one of a plurality of
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`predetermined locations.
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`24. A vehicle-related services system according to claim 23 and wherein said
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`intermediate storage and communication unit is located at a vehicle fiieling station.
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`25. A vehicle-related services system according to any of claims 1 to 3 or claims 19 to
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`24 and wherein said billing data comprises vehicle insurance billing data wherein the
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`only variables, sensed by said on-board vehicle sensor, which are considered in said
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`billing data are duration of vehicle operation and time of clay or night of vehicle
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`operation.
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`26. A vehicle-related services system according to any of claims 1 to 3 or claim 19 or
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`claim 20 or claims 22 to 24 and wherein said billing data comprises vehicle insurance
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`billing data wherein the only variables, sensed by said on—board vehicle sensor, which
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`are considered in said billing data are duration of vehicle operation and location of the
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`vehicle during said vehicle operation.
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`27. A vehicle-related services system according to claim 21 and wherein said billing
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`data comprises vehicle insurance billing data wherein the only variables, sensed by said
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`on—board vehicle sensor, which are considered in said billing data are time of day and
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`date of vehicle operation and distance covered during said vehicle operation.
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`28. A vehicle-related services system according to any of claims 19 to 27 and wherein
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`said billing data comprises vehicle insurance billing data wherein the said billing data is
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`not dependent on Vehicle speed.
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`29. A vehicle-related services system according to any of claims 19 to 20 and wherein
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`said at least one data processor comprises a vehicle parking billing data processor.
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`30. A vehicle-related services system according to claim 29 and wherein said at least
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`one sensor and said at least one data processor are operative without Vehicle operator
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`initiative to provide an indication of at least one of the time during which said vehicle is
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`parked and where said vehicle is parked.
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`31. A vehicle-related services system according to any of claims 29 to 30 and wherein
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`said at least one sensor is operative to sense the time during which a vehicle is being
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`operated without requiring interaction with an indicating device fixed in propinquity to
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`said location.
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`32. A vehicle-related services system according to any of claims 29 to 31 and wherein
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`said communicator communicates with said at least one data processor at least partially
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`not in real time.
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`33. A vehicle-related fee payment system comprising:
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`at least one sensor on-board a vehicle and automatically sensing at least one of the
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`time during which said vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle is located when
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`it is being operated;
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`at least one communicator on-board said vehicle providing an output indicating at
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`least one of the time during which said vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle
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`is located when it is being operated; and
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`at
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`least one data processor receiving a communication from said at least one
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`communicator, indicating at least one of the time during which said vehicle is being
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`operated and where said vehicle is located when it is being operated and providing a
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`billing data output in respect of a vehicle-related use fee which is dependent on the time
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`during which said vehicle is being operated.
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`34. A vehicle-related fee payment system according to claim 33 and wherein said
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`communicator communicates with said at least one data processor at least partially not
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`in real time.
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`35. A vehicle-related fee payment system according to any of claims 33 to 34 and
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`wherein said
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`communicator
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`communicates with an intermediate
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`storage
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`and
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`communication unit only when a vehicle in which said communicator is located is at
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`one of a plurality of predetermined locations.
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`36. A vehicle-related fee payment system according to claim 35 and wherein said
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`intermediate storage and communication unit is located at a vehicle fueling station.
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`37. A vehicle-related fee payment system according to any of claims 33 to 36 and
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`wherein said at least one data processor provides a billing data output in respect of a
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`vehicle-related use fee which is dependent on the duration of vehicle operation and time
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`of day of vehicle operation.
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`38. A vehicle-related fee payment system according to claim 37 and wherein said at
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`least one data processor provides a billing data output in respect of a vehicle-related use
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`fee which is also dependent on where said vehicle is located during vehicle operation.
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`39. A vehicle-related fee payment system according to any of claims 33 to 38 and
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`wherein said billing data output is dependent on the time during which said vehicle is
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`being operated and on a level of pollution being created by said vehicle.
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`40. A vehicle-related fee payment system comprising:
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`at least one sensor for automatically sensing the passage of a vehicle along a given
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`road;
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`at least one data processor receiving a communication from said at least one
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`sensor, indicating the passage of said vehicle along a given road at a given time and
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`providing a billing data output in respect of a vehicle-related use fee which is dependent
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`only on the time during which said vehicle is passing along said given road.
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`41. A Vehicle-related fee payment system comprising:
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`at least one sensor on-board a vehicle and automatically sensing at least one of the
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`time during which said vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle is located when
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`it is being operated;
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`at least one communicator on—board said vehicle providing an output indicating at
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`least one of the time during which said vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle
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`is located when it is being operated; and
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`at least one data processor receiving a communication from said at least one
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`communicator, indicating at least one of the time during which said vehicle is being
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`operated and where said vehicle is located when it is being operated and providing a
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`billing data output in respect of a vehicle-related use fee which is dependent on the
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`region in which a vehicle is operating and the time of day during which said vehicle is
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`being operated in said region.
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`42. A vehicle-related services method comprising:
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`automatically sensing the time during which a vehicle is not being operated and
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`where said vehicle is located when it is not being operated; and
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`receiving information indicating the time during which said vehicle is not being
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`operated and where said vehicle is located when it is not being operated and providing a
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`parking data output in respect of a vehicle—related service which is dependent on the
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`time during which said vehicle is not being operated and where said vehicle is located
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`when it is not being operated.
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`43. A vehicle—related services method according to claim 42 and providing an
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`indication of the time during which said vehicle is parked and where said vehicle is
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`parked substantially without operator intervention.
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`44. A vehicle—related services method according to claim 43 and also comprising
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`communicating an indication of the time during which said vehicle is parked and where
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`said vehicle is parked to a receiver at least partially not in real time.
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`45. A vehicle—related services method according to claim 43 or claim 44 and wherein
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`said automatic sensing takes place without requiring interaction with an indicating
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`device fixed in propinquity to a parking location.
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`46. A vehicle—related services method including:
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`providing outputs indicating existence of at
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`least one potential unoccupied
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`additional adjacent parking place adjacent a plurality of vehicles located in street
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`parking locations; and
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`employing said outputs received from said plurality of vehicles and providing
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`information regarding unoccupied street parking places to at least one driver.
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`47. A vehicle—related services method comprising:
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`automatically sensing at least one of the time during which said vehicle is being
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`operated and where said vehicle is located when it is being operated;
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`communicating an output indicating at least one of the time during which said
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`vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle is located when it is being operated;
`and
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`receiving a communication indicating at least one of the time during which said
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`vehicle is being operated and where said vehicle is located when it is being operated and
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`providing an insurance billing data output in respect of vehicle insurance which is
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`dependent only on at least one of the time during which said vehicle is being operated
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`and where said vehicle is located when it is being operated.
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`48. A vehicle-related services method according to claim 47 and wherein said
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`communicating takes place only when a vehicle is at one of a plurality of predetermined
`locations.
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`49. A vehicle-related services method according to claim 47 or claim 48 and wherein
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`said billing data comprises vehicle insurance billing data wherein the only automatically
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`sensed variables which are considered in said billing data are duration of vehicle
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`operation and time of day or night of vehicle operation.
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`50. A vehicle-related fee payment method comprising:
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`automatically sensing at least one of the time during which said vehicle is being
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`operated and where said vehicle is located when it is being operated;
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`providing an output indicating at least one of the time during which said vehicle is
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`being operated and where said vehicle is located when it is being operated; and
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`receiving said output indicating at least one of the time during which said vehicle
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`is being operated and where said vehicle is located when it is being operated and
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`providing a billing data output in respect of a vehicle-related use fee which is dependent
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`on the time during which said vehicle is being operated.
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`51. A vehicle-related fee payment method according to claim 50 and wherein said
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`billing data output in respect of a vehicle-related use fee is dependent on the duration of
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`vehicle operation and time of day of vehicle operation.
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`52. A vehicle-related fee payment method according to claim 50 to 51 and wherein
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`said billing data output is dependent on the time during which said vehicle is being
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`operated and on a level of pollution being created by said vehicle.
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`53. A vehicle-related services method comprising:
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`automatically sensing the time during which said vehicle is being operated and the
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`distance traveled by said vehicle while it is being operated;
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`communicating an output indicating the time during which said vehicle is being
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`operated and the distance traveled by said vehicle while it is being operated; and
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`receiving a communication indicating the time during which said vehicle is being
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`operated and the distance traveled by said vehicle while it
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`is being operated and
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`providing an insurance billing data output in respect of vehicle insurance which is
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`dependent only on the time during which said vehicle is being operated and the distance
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`traveled by said vehicle while it is being operated.
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`54. A vehicle-related services method according to claim 53 and wherein said billing
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`data comprises vehicle insurance billing data wherein the only automatically sensed
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`variables which are considered in said billing data are the distance traveled by said
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`vehicle while it is being operated and time of day or night of vehicle operation.
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