System and method for remote communication of traffic monitoring device data
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1. A method of communicating vehicular-traffic-related data from a vehicular traffic monitoring device to a user comprising:
- extracting vehicular-traffic-related data from a vehicular-traffic monitoring device;
encoding the collected vehicular-traffic-related data according to wireless paging protocol;
transmitting the encoded vehicular-traffic-related data over a wireless paging network to a server; and
receiving the transmitted encoded vehicular-traffic-related data at the server, to enable user access to the vehicular-traffic-related data via the server.
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Abstract
A traffic monitoring system and method allow for remote monitoring of traffic sites by a plurality of users. A plurality of traffic monitoring devices record data related to traffic events. The data is encoded and communicated to a central server using wireless paging technology. The central server decodes and distributes the communicated data and makes the data available to a plurality of remote users. The remote users access the data, for example via the Internet, in order to remotely evaluate the traffic situation
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1. A method of communicating vehicular-traffic-related data from a vehicular traffic monitoring device to a user comprising:
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extracting vehicular-traffic-related data from a vehicular-traffic monitoring device;
encoding the collected vehicular-traffic-related data according to wireless paging protocol;
transmitting the encoded vehicular-traffic-related data over a wireless paging network to a server; and
receiving the transmitted encoded vehicular-traffic-related data at the server, to enable user access to the vehicular-traffic-related data via the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
encoding the vehicular-traffic-related data according to wireless paging protocol to enable vehicular-traffic-related data transmission in binary format to the server.
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4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
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polling the wireless paging network to determine transmission availability; and
when available, transmitting the encoded vehicular-traffic-related data over the wireless paging network to the server.
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5. The method of claim 1 wherein the decoded vehicular-traffic-related data received at the server is stored in a master mailbox and further comprising duplicating the stored vehicular-traffic-related data from the master mailbox to a user mailbox.
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6. The method of claim 5 further comprising downloading the vehicular-traffic-related data in the user mailbox remotely from a PC workstation via the Internet.
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7. The method of claim 6 wherein downloading further comprises:
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establishing authenticity of the user;
downloading the vehicular- traffic-related data from the user mailbox to the PC workstation; and
interpreting and storing the vehicular-traffic-related data at the PC workstation.
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8. The method of claim 1 wherein the server duplicates the received vehicular-traffic-related data to enable access to the vehicular traffic-related data by multiple users.
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9. The method of claim 1 further comprising downloading the received and decoded vehicular-traffic-related data by a user via the Internet.
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10. The method of claim 1 wherein the vehicular-traffic-related data includes volume, occupancy and speed.
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11. A system for communicating vehicular-traffic-related data from a vehicular-traffic monitoring device to a user comprising:
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a traffic monitoring device for collecting vehicular-traffic-related data;
a communication device for extracting vehicular-traffic-related data from the traffic monitoring device and encoding the extracted vehicular-traffic-related data according to a wireless paging protocol;
a pager modem for transmitting the encoded vehicular-traffic-related data over a wireless paging network; and
a server for receiving the transmitted encoded data to enable user access to the vehicular-traffic-related data via the server. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
a processor having first and second data ports for respectively interfacing with the traffic monitoring device and the pager modem;
memory for hosting embedded software including traffic monitoring device interface protocol and wireless paging protocol, and for storing data.
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13. The system of claim 12 wherein the communication device further periodically requests vehicular-traffic-related data from the traffic monitoring device, receives the requested vehicular-traffic-related data, encodes the vehicular-traffic-related data according to wireless paging protocol to enable vehicular-traffic-related data transmission in binary format to the server;
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14. The system of claim 12 wherein the communication device further periodically polls the pager modem to determine transmission availability;
- and when available, uploads the vehicular-traffic-related data to the pager modem to transmit the encoded vehicular-traffic-related data over the wireless paging network.
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15. The system of claim 11 wherein the server stores the decoded vehicular-traffic-related data in a master mailbox and further comprising means for duplicating the stored vehicular-traffic-related data from the master mailbox to a user mailbox to enable multiple user access.
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16. The system of claim 11 wherein the server provides for remote access to the user mailbox via the Internet.
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17. The system of claim 16 further comprising a PC workstation coupled to the Internet to allow for remote access of user mailbox data over the Internet, the PC workstation including software enabling a user to:
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establish user authenticity with the server;
download the vehicular- traffic-related data from the user mailbox to the PC workstation; and
interpret and store the vehicular-traffic-related data at the PC workstation.
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18. The system of claim 11 wherein the server duplicates the received vehicular-traffic-related data to enable access to the vehicular traffic-related data by multiple users.
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19. The system of claim 11 further comprising a remote PC workstation for downloading the received and decoded vehicular-traffic-related data by a user via the Internet.
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20. The system of claim 11 wherein the vehicular-traffic-related data includes volume, occupancy and speed.
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