Cell or mobile phone, and wireless PDA traffic advisory method
First Claim
1. A method for displaying traffic information on the display of a cell phone, comprising the steps:
- accessing a traffic information acquisition means on a cell phone;
calculating the geographic location of a cell phone by a cell phone service provider computer generating a cell phone regional position;
said cell phone service provider obtaining traffic information for said cell phone regional position resulting in a regional traffic information;
said cell phone service provider transferring said regional traffic information to the cell phone; and
said cell phone displaying said traffic information on a video means.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method which allows the cell phone operator to download traffic information on the operators cell phone display with a minimum of keystrokes. The cell phone can have a option mode, voice activation or a sequence of keystrokes programmed within the cell or mobile phone to facilitate access of the cell or mobile phone to regional traffic information. This is accomplished by the cell or mobile phone service provider procuring traffic information and data from traffic information provided by an entity such as Traffic Pulse. Alternately the cell phone service provider can make internet access to a traffic information provider directly to the operator of the cell phone. Besides having to first access the internet from a cell phone, and then second navigate to a traffic information website, an operator must provide location information, such as current position through zip code, address, or longitudinal and latitudinal coordination. Cell and mobile phone technology already has the function to monitor the locations of a cell or mobile phone to access various cell phone transmitting and receiving towers in close proximity to the cell or mobile phone. This is accomplished by one example known as triangulation measurement or hyperbolic multi-lateration positioning of cell signals between cell towers or through GPS technology incorporated in the cell or mobile phone. Therefore, the use of current location information of a cell phone acquiring regional traffic data does not need to this information be input, using keystrokes on the cell phone keyboard, or by voice annunciations by the cell phone operator.
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1. A method for displaying traffic information on the display of a cell phone, comprising the steps:
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accessing a traffic information acquisition means on a cell phone;
calculating the geographic location of a cell phone by a cell phone service provider computer generating a cell phone regional position;
said cell phone service provider obtaining traffic information for said cell phone regional position resulting in a regional traffic information;
said cell phone service provider transferring said regional traffic information to the cell phone; and
said cell phone displaying said traffic information on a video means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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