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Monitoring a Mobile Device

  • US 20130006510A1
  • Filed: 09/11/2012
  • Published: 01/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A computer-implemented method of monitoring vehicle traffic along a roadway comprising:

  • initiating, in a sensor disposed along a roadway, a first inquiry scan according to a communications protocol;

    receiving, in the sensor and at a first time, a first inquiry response according to the communications protocol from a mobile device, the first inquiry response including a device identifier that identifies the mobile device, wherein the device identifier is based on a medium access control address of the device;

    storing, in the sensor, the device identifier received in the first inquiry response;

    storing, in the sensor, a sensor identifier that identifies the sensor;

    associating the device identifier with the sensor identifier and a first time stamp that reflects the first time;

    initiating, in the sensor, a second inquiry scan according to the communications protocol;

    receiving, in the sensor and at a second time, a second inquiry response according to a communications protocol from the mobile device, the second inquiry response including the device identifier;

    storing, in the sensor, the device identifier received in the second inquiry response;

    associating device identifier with the sensor identifier and a second time stamp that reflects the second time;

    determining that the device identifier is associated with the sensor identifier at the first time and is associated with the sensor identifier at the second time; and

    based on determining that the device identifier is associated with the sensor identifier at the first time as well as at the second time, deriving at least one vehicle traffic statistic based on the first time stamp and the second time stamp.

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