TRAFFIC SUPERVISION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- identifying location data that indicates a location of each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles, wherein different portions of the location data originates from different vehicles of the plurality of vehicles;
performing, by a computer system that is separate from each of the plurality of vehicles, an analysis of the location data to determine which area of a plurality of geographical areas each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles is located;
wherein the plurality of geographical areas includes a first geographical area and a second geographical area;
based on the analysis and for each geographical area of the plurality of geographical areas, causing display data that indicates traffic information associated with said each geographical area to be displayed;
wherein causing the display data to be displayed comprises causing first display data that is associated with the first geographical area to be displayed separately from second display data that is associated with the second geographical area;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
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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.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying location data that indicates a location of each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles, wherein different portions of the location data originates from different vehicles of the plurality of vehicles; performing, by a computer system that is separate from each of the plurality of vehicles, an analysis of the location data to determine which area of a plurality of geographical areas each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles is located; wherein the plurality of geographical areas includes a first geographical area and a second geographical area; based on the analysis and for each geographical area of the plurality of geographical areas, causing display data that indicates traffic information associated with said each geographical area to be displayed; wherein causing the display data to be displayed comprises causing first display data that is associated with the first geographical area to be displayed separately from second display data that is associated with the second geographical area; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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performing an analysis of location data that indicates a location of each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles, wherein different portions of the location data originates from different vehicles of the plurality of vehicles; based on the analysis, controlling one or more traffic lights; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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performing a first analysis of first location data that indicates a location of each vehicle of a first plurality of vehicles during a first time period, wherein different portions of the first location data originates from different vehicles of the first plurality of vehicles; performing a second analysis of second location data that indicates a location of each vehicle of a second plurality of vehicles during a second time period that is different than the first time period, wherein different portions of the second location data originates from different vehicles of the second plurality of vehicles; based on the first analysis and the second analysis, establishing a traffic pattern. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A computer system comprising:
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an information handling server that is configured to receive, from a plurality of vehicles, location data that indicates a location of each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles; one or more databases that store the location data; an analysis server that is configured to; perform an analysis of the location data to determine which area of a plurality of geographical areas each vehicle of the plurality of vehicles is located, wherein the plurality of geographical areas includes a first geographical area and a second geographical area; based on the analysis and for each geographical area of the plurality of geographical areas, cause display data that indicates traffic information associated with said each geographical area to be displayed; wherein causing the display data to be displayed comprises causing first display data that is associated with the first geographical area to be displayed separately from second display data that is associated with the second geographical area. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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