METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AGGREGATING TRAFFIC INFORMATION USING RICH TRIP LINES
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- facilitating access, including granting access rights, to an interface to allow access to a service via a network, the service configured to, in response to receiving data indicating a current position, determine an ordered plurality of trip lines that indicate positions where a traffic condition is to be reported; and
returning data that indicates the ordered plurality of trip lines,wherein the ordered plurality of trip lines are ordered such that a traveler encountering two trip lines of the plurality of trip lines in a different sequence indicates that a position near a third trip line was not detected by the traveler.
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Abstract
Techniques to aggregate traffic information with rich trip lines include a traffic service that, in response to receiving data indicating a current position, determines an ordered plurality of trip lines that indicate positions where a traffic condition is to be reported, and returns data that indicates the ordered trip lines. The trip lines are ordered such that a traveler encountering two trip lines of the plurality of trip lines in a different sequence indicates that a position near a third trip line was not detected by the traveler. A client process includes determining whether two trip lines are encountered in a different sequence than in an ordered plurality of trip lines received from the traffic service. If the two trip lines are in a different sequence, then sending, to the traffic service, data indicating an undetected trip line between the two trip lines.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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facilitating access, including granting access rights, to an interface to allow access to a service via a network, the service configured to, in response to receiving data indicating a current position, determine an ordered plurality of trip lines that indicate positions where a traffic condition is to be reported; and returning data that indicates the ordered plurality of trip lines, wherein the ordered plurality of trip lines are ordered such that a traveler encountering two trip lines of the plurality of trip lines in a different sequence indicates that a position near a third trip line was not detected by the traveler. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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determining whether two trip lines, which indicate positions where values for a traffic condition are to be reported to a traffic service, are encountered in a different sequence than in an ordered plurality of trip lines received from the traffic service; and if the two trip lines are in a different sequence, then sending, to the traffic service, data indicating an undetected trip line between the two trip lines in the ordered plurality of trip lines. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, in response to receiving data indicating a current position, determine an ordered plurality of trip lines that indicate positions where a traffic condition is to be reported; and return data that indicates the ordered plurality of trip lines, wherein the ordered plurality of trip lines are ordered such that a traveler encountering two trip lines of the plurality of trip lines in a different sequence indicates that a position near a third trip line was not detected by the traveler. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, determine based on data from a positioning system co-located with the apparatus whether two trip lines, which indicate positions where values for a traffic condition are to be reported to a traffic service, are encountered in a different sequence than in an ordered plurality of trip lines received from the traffic service; and if the two trip lines are in a different sequence, then send, to the traffic service, data indicating an undetected trip line between the two trip lines in the ordered plurality of trip lines. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21-88. -88. (canceled)
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