Roadway travel data exchange network

• US 20050131629A1
• Filed: 12/15/2003
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ignatin, Gary R.
• Granted Patent: US 7,113,865 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/200
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/26 specially adapted for navigation in a road network
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09 Arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions railroad crossing signals B61L; reflectors E01F, G08B; indicating arrangements for variable information by selection or combination of individual elements G09F9/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for exchange of travel data in a roadway information system associated with a first roadway vehicle and a second roadway vehicle. In one embodiment, the roadway information system may comprise, for example, a first mobile client system associated with the first roadway vehicle, a second mobile client system associated with the second roadway vehicle, a wireless communication network, and a processing system communicatively coupled to the wireless communication network. The first mobile client system may deliver first travel related data to the processing system via the wireless communication network. The processing system may deliver second travel related data to the second mobile client system via the wireless communication network, where the second travel related data relates at least in part to the first travel related data.

Claims

1. A roadway information system associated with a first roadway vehicle and a second roadway vehicle, the information system comprising:

a first mobile client system associated with the first roadway vehicle;

a second mobile client system associated with the second roadway vehicle;

a wireless communication network;

a processing system communicatively coupled to the wireless communication network;

the first mobile client system delivers first travel related data to the processing system via the wireless communication network; and

the processing system delivers second travel related data to the second mobile client system via the wireless communication network, the second travel related data relating at least in part to the first travel related data.

2. The roadway information system of claim 1, further comprising:

a third mobile client system associated with a third roadway vehicle, the third mobile client system delivering third travel related data to the processing system via the wireless communication network, and

the second travel related data relates at least in part to the first travel related data and the third travel related data.

3. The roadway information system of claim 1, further comprising:

a third mobile client system associated with a third roadway vehicle, the third mobile client system delivering third travel related data to the processing system via the wireless communication network, and

the first travel related data and the third travel related data are used to generate the second travel related data.

4. The roadway information system of claim 1, wherein the processing system comprises at least one information database.

5. The roadway information system of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication network comprises an Internet infrastructure.

6. The roadway information system of claim 1, wherein the first mobile client system comprises a monitoring interface, the monitoring interface for collecting travel related data.

7. The roadway information system of claim 6, wherein the monitoring interface communicatively couples with an automotive system.

8. The roadway information system of claim 1, wherein the travel related data comprises a location information.

9. The roadway information system of claim 1, wherein the first travel related data is related to the first roadway vehicle.

10. The roadway information system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first mobile client system and the second mobile client system comprise a navigation system.

11. The roadway information system of claim 1, wherein the processing system utilizes at least one of the first travel related data and a supplemental data to generate the second travel related data.

12. A roadway information system comprising:

a wireless communication network;

a plurality of mobile client systems communicatively coupled to the wireless communication network;

a processing system communicatively coupled to the wireless communication network;

each of the plurality of mobile client systems delivering travel related information via the wireless communication network; and

the processing system generating and communicating data based on the travel related information delivered by each of the plurality of mobile client systems.

13. The roadway information system of claim 12, wherein the wireless communication network comprises an Internet infrastructure.

14. The roadway information system of claim 12, wherein the travel related information comprises a location information.

15. The roadway information system of claim 12, further comprising:

a plurality of travel information delivery systems, each of the plurality of travel information delivery systems for delivering the processed data.

16. The roadway information system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of travel information delivery systems comprise a telephone.

17. The roadway information system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of travel information delivery systems comprise a television.

18. The roadway information system of claim 15, wherein the plurality of travel information delivery systems comprise a road sign display.

19. A method for processing travel related data in a roadway information system, the method comprising:

delivering a first travel related data by a first mobile client system to a processing system via a wireless communication network, the first mobile client system associated with a first roadway vehicle;

generating a second travel related data by the processing system, the second travel related data related at least in part to the first travel related data; and

delivering the second travel related data by the processing system to a second mobile client system via the wireless communication network, the second mobile client system associated with a second roadway vehicle.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the travel related data comprises a vehicle speed information.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the travel related data comprises information associated with the first roadway vehicle.