GPS-based traffic monitoring system
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1. A traffic information system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a global positioning system (GPS) associated with said vehicle that selectively generates location and vector data;
a transmitter; and
a control module that receives said location and vector data and that wirelessly transmits said location and vector data using said transmitter when said vehicle is traveling on a first set of predetermined roads and that does not transmit said location and vector data when said vehicle is traveling on a second set of roads.
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A traffic information system for a vehicle comprises a transmitter and a global positioning system (GPS) associated with the vehicle that selectively generates location and vector data. A control module receives the location and vector data and wirelessly transmits the location and vector data using the transmitter when the vehicle is traveling on a first set of predetermined roads and does not transmit the location and vector data when the vehicle is traveling on a second set of predetermined roads.
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1. A traffic information system for a vehicle, comprising:
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a global positioning system (GPS) associated with said vehicle that selectively generates location and vector data;
a transmitter; and
a control module that receives said location and vector data and that wirelessly transmits said location and vector data using said transmitter when said vehicle is traveling on a first set of predetermined roads and that does not transmit said location and vector data when said vehicle is traveling on a second set of roads. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for operating a traffic information system for a vehicle, comprising:
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selectively generating location and vector data using a global positioning system associated with a vehicle;
wirelessly transmitting said location and vector data when said vehicle is traveling on a first set of predetermined roads; and
disabling transmission of said location and vector data when said vehicle is traveling on a second set of roads. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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