SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REALTIME COMMUNITY INFORMATION EXCHANGE
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Abstract
System and method for traffic mapping service are disclosed for allowing plurality of users having each a navigation device to transmit their locations to a server and optionally to signal to the server their requested destination. The system and method are further capable of calculating traffic parameters such as current traffic speed at a given road based on the momentary locations of the users. The system and method of the invention may also calculate and advise the users of preferred roads to take in order to arrive at the requested location with minimum delay.
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55 Claims
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1-35. -35. (canceled)
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36. A system comprising:
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a server configured to; receive location information from a set of navigation devices each navigation device of the set of navigation devices being associated with a member of a navigation service; identify a first navigation device associated with a first member of the navigation service; identify a current location of the first navigation device; identify a destination for the first member; identify a set of possible routes between the current location and the destination; select a subset of navigation devices from the set of navigation devices based on whether the navigation devices of the set of navigation devices are on one of the possible routes between the current location and the destination; and send the location information received from the subset of navigation devices to the first navigation device. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a server, location information from a set of navigation devices each navigation device of the set of navigation devices being associated with a member of a navigation service; identifying, by the server, a first navigation device associated with a first member of the navigation service; identifying, by the server, a current location of the first navigation device; identifying, by the server, a destination for the first member; identifying, by the server, a set of possible routes between the current location and the destination; selecting, by the server, a subset of navigation devices from the set of navigation devices based on whether the navigation devices of the set of navigation devices are on one of the possible routes between the current location and the destination; and sending the location information received from the subset of navigation devices to the first navigation device. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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