Method and System for Vehicular Communications and Information Reporting
First Claim
1. A method of communicating update information for a geographic location, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a network server, a plurality of event notifications associated with an event from a plurality of first devices, each of the event notifications including geographic location information and importance information relating to the respective event notifications;
identifying at least two received event notifications having a common geographic location;
determining common update information based, at least in part, on the identified at least two event notifications;
calculating an importance score for the common update information based on the importance information corresponding to the at least two received event notifications;
generating an update message comprising the common update information and the importance score; and
transmitting, by the network server, the update message to one or more second devices.
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Abstract
A method for vehicular communications and information reporting. First and second wireless Internet connections between respective first and second vehicles and a web-server are provided. First and second event information is transmitted, to the web-server, from the first and second vehicles. The first and second event information relates to the same event in visual range, respectively, of occupants of the first and second vehicles. The web server may transmit, to the first and second vehicles, confirmed event information derived from the first and second event information.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of communicating update information for a geographic location, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a network server, a plurality of event notifications associated with an event from a plurality of first devices, each of the event notifications including geographic location information and importance information relating to the respective event notifications; identifying at least two received event notifications having a common geographic location; determining common update information based, at least in part, on the identified at least two event notifications; calculating an importance score for the common update information based on the importance information corresponding to the at least two received event notifications; generating an update message comprising the common update information and the importance score; and transmitting, by the network server, the update message to one or more second devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system of communicating update information for a geographic location, the system comprising:
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a network server configured for; receiving a plurality of event notifications associated with an event from a plurality of first devices, each of the event notifications including geographic location information and importance information; and transmitting an update message to one or more second devices; a processor configured for; identifying at least two received event notifications having a common geographic location; determining common update information based, at least in part, on the identified at least two event notifications; calculating an importance score for the common update information based on the importance information corresponding to the at least two received event notifications; and generating the update message, the update message comprising the common update information and the importance score. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for communicating event updates associated with a first event, the method comprising:
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receiving, by a network server, a first communication from a first device, the first communication comprising (i) first event information associated with the first event; and
(ii) first importance information relating to the first event information;receiving, by the network server, a second communication from a second device, the second communication comprising (i) second event information associated with the first event; and
(ii) second importance information relating to the second event information;determining common information for the first event from the first event information and the second event information; generating an update message for the first event comprising the common information; and transmitting, by the network server, the update message to one or more third devices. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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