ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRAFFIC INFORMATION TO MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20130231851A1
• Filed: 02/04/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: CHEN, CHENG-HAO
• Application Number:
  US13/757,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20130231851A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/119
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/012 from other sources than vehicle or roadside beacons, e.g. mobile networks
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0133 for classifying traffic situation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0141 for traffic information dissemination
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

In an electronic device and a method for providing traffic information, traffic information of all roads are acquired from a traffic information server, then the traffic information is analyzed to obtain basic information of each road. When a service that provides traffic information of one or more roads is subscribed to by a mobile device, the electronic device sends the basic traffic information of the one or more roads to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method for providing traffic information to mobile devices, the method being performed by execution of computer readable program code by a processor of an electronic device, the method comprising:

acquiring traffic information of all roads from a traffic information server;

analyzing the traffic information to obtain basic traffic information of each road, and storing the basic traffic information of each road to a storage device of the electronic device; and

picking the basic traffic information of one or more roads which is subscribed to by a mobile device from the storage device of the electronic device, and sending the basic traffic information to the mobile device.

2. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the traffic information of all roads are stored in the traffic information server in an XML format, and the traffic information is analyzed according to XML labels.

3. The method as described in claim 1, wherein the basic information of each road comprises:

road name, a starting point and an ending point of each road, direction and speed of traffic on each road.

4. The method as described in claim 1, before the obtaining step, the method further comprising:

sending a request of acquiring the basic traffic information of the one or more roads.

5. The method as described in claim 4, wherein the request is generated passively according to a command of a user of the mobile device.

6. The method as described in claim 4, wherein the request is generated actively according to preset time information.

7. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a method for providing traffic information to mobile devices, the method comprising:

acquiring traffic information of all roads from a traffic information server;

analyzing the traffic information to obtain basic traffic information of each road, and storing the basic traffic information of each road to a storage device of the electronic device; and

picking the basic traffic information of one or more roads which is subscribed to by a mobile device from the storage device of the electronic device, and sending the basic traffic information to the mobile device.

8. The non-transitory storage medium as described in claim 7, wherein the traffic information of all roads are stored in the traffic information server in an XML format, and the traffic information is analyzed according to XML labels.

9. The non-transitory storage medium as described in claim 7 wherein the basic traffic information of each road comprises:

road name, a starting point and an ending point of each road, direction and speed of traffic on each road.

10. The non-transitory storage medium as described in claim 7, wherein, before the obtaining step, the method further comprises:

sending a request of acquiring the basic traffic information of the one or more roads.

11. The non-transitory storage medium as described in claim 10, wherein the request is generated passively according to a command of a user of the mobile device.

12. The non-transitory storage medium as described in claim 10, wherein the request is generated actively according to preset time information.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

at least one processor;

a storage device;

one or more programs that are stored in the storage device and are executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a gathering sub-module that acquires traffic information of all roads from a traffic information server;

an analyzing sub-module that analyzes the traffic information to obtain basic traffic information of each road, and stores the basic traffic information of each road into the storage device; and

a subscription sub-module that picks the basic traffic information of one or more roads which is subscribed to by a mobile device from the storage device to send the basic traffic information to the mobile device.

14. The electronic device as described in claim 13, wherein the traffic information of all roads are stored in the traffic information server in an XML format, and the traffic information is analyzed according to XML labels.

15. The electronic device as described in claim 13, wherein the basic traffic information of each road comprises:

road name, a starting point and an ending point of each road, direction and speed of traffic on each road.

16. The electronic device as described in claim 13, wherein the one or more programs further comprises:

a road selection sub-module that selects the one or more roads;

a mode selection sub-module that selects a mode of acquiring the traffic information; and

an acquiring sub-module that sends a request of acquiring the basic traffic information of the one or more roads according to the selected mode, and receives the basic traffic information of the selected one or more roads from the data processing module and send the basic traffic information of the selected one or more roads to the mobile device.

17. The electronic device as described in claim 16, wherein the mode comprises an active acquiring mode and a passive acquiring mode.