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+-   IBM Patents Pricing Motorists Off Highways on Tuesday January 22 2008, @02:44AM theodp

Submitted by theodp on Tuesday January 22 2008, @02:44AM
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theodp writes "Self-professed patent reformer IBM snagged a patent Tuesday for the Variable Rate Toll System, which covers the rather anti-egalitarian scheme of pricing motorists off of the roads by raising tolls as congestion increases. 'Congestion pricing of traffic is emerging as a completely new services market for IBM,' boasted Jamie Houghton, IBM's Global Leader for Road Charging."
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