Traffic supervision system

• US 20080281960A1
• Filed: 08/23/2007
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Schibler, Thord
• Application Number:
  US11/892,524
• Publication Number:
  US 20080281960A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0104 Measuring and analyzing of parameters relative to traffic conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/127 to a central station ; Indicators in a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A method and a computer system for monitoring traffic, the computer system comprising an information handling server (7) arranged to receive through a communications network (5) location data transmitted from at least a first and a second reporting means (3) in at least a first (1) and a second (2) vehicle, respectively, at least a first database (13) for storing said location data, an analysis server (15) arranged to retrieve said location data from the first database (13), analyze said location data and store data regarding the result of the analysis and/or present the result of the analysis to an operator and/or a monitoring function. The information handling server (7) and the client preferably support the Session Initiation Protocol, SIP.

Claims

1. A computer system comprising an information handling server arranged to receive through a communications network location data transmitted from at least a first and a second reporting means in at least a first and a second vehicle, respectively, at least a first database for storing said location data, an analysis server arranged to retrieve said location data from the first database, analyze said location data and store data regarding the result of the analysis and/or present the result of the analysis to an operator and/or a monitoring function.

2. A computer system according to claim 1, wherein the information handling server is an application server supporting the Session Initiation Protocol, SIP.

3. A computer system according to claim 1, wherein the analysis server comprises at least one SIP servlet.

4. A computer system according to claim 1, wherein the analysis server comprises means for statistical analysis of the data.

5. A computer system according to claim 1, further comprising a result data base for storing analysis results received from the analysis server.

6. A computer system according to claim 1, further comprising a second database which is a copy of the first database taken at a specific time, wherein the analysis server is arranged to retrieve said location data from the second database.

7. A computer client for use in a vehicle arranged to receive positioning information from a positioning means for monitoring the vehicle'"'"'s position, said computer client comprising communication means arranged to communicate location data received from the positioning means through a communications network to an information handling server.

8. A computer client according to claim 7, wherein the positioning means is comprised in the computer client.

9. A computer client according to claim 7, wherein the communication means is arranged to communicate said location data to the information handling server at regular time intervals.

10. A computer client according to claim 7, wherein the communication means is arranged to communicate said location data to the information handling server when the vehicle changes direction.

11. A computer client according to claim 7, further comprising means for receiving from at least one directional sensing means, information about a change of direction of the vehicle.

12. A computer client according to claim 7, wherein the positioning means is a positioning means for use with the global positioning system, GPS.

13. A computer client according to claim 7, said client being capable of communicating according to the Session Initiation Protocol, SIP.

14. A communications system for monitoring traffic data, comprising at least one computer system comprising an information handling server arranged to receive through a communications network location data transmitted from at least a first and a second reporting means in at least a first and a second vehicle, respectively, at least a first database for storing said location data, an analysis server arranged to retrieve said location data from the first database, analyze said location data and store data regarding the result of the analysis and/or present the result of the analysis to an operator and/or a monitoring function, said computer system being arranged to communicate with a plurality of computer clients through a communications network, each computer client arranged for use in a vehicle arranged to receive positioning information from a positioning means for monitoring the vehicle'"'"'s position, and comprising communication means arranged to communicate location data received from the positioning means through a communications network to an information handling server.

15. A method for use in a computer client located in a vehicle, said method comprising the steps of

Registering the client with an information handling server through a communications network at the beginning of a journey with the vehicle,

Sending position data from the client to the information handling server repeatedly, said position data comprising information about the vehicle'"'"'s position and speed,

Deregistering the client when the journey is over.

16. A method according to claim 15, wherein the registration is performed automatically, upon starting the engine.

17. A method according to claim 15, wherein the registration includes sending data about the vehicle'"'"'s identity, the intended destination, and any services that the driver wants to subscribe to the information handling server.

18. A method according to claim 15, wherein the step of sending data to the information handling server is repeated either at regular intervals.

19. A method according to claim 15, wherein the step of sending data to the information handling server is triggered by certain events, for example, when the car changes directions.

20. A method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of receiving data from the information handling server, said data including information about the traffic situation ahead of the vehicle.

21. A method for use in a computer system including an information handling server and a database, the method comprising the steps of

Receiving said information handling server information from a number of computer clients each located in a vehicle regarding the client'"'"'s position and speed,

Storing the information in the database,

Analyzing, by an analysis server information stored in the database,

Presenting the result of the analysis to an operator.

22. A method according to claim 21, wherein the analysis involves analysis of recent data to identify the current traffic situation.

23. A method according to claim 21 comprising the step of identifying any abnormal situations and issuing an alarm in the case of an emergency.

24. A method according to claim 21 comprising the step of identifying at least one of the clients, identifying information related to the analysis result that may affect the at least one client and sending the identified information to the at least one client.

25. A method according to claim 21, wherein the analysis involves statistical analysis of data gathered over a period of time.