Traffic paging system
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1. A traffic voice pager, comprising:
- a route-entry system for specifying pager addresses associated with a preselected route;
a receiver system for receiving traffic voice pages, the receiver system being coupled with the route-entry system and including a message decoder for decoding pager addresses associated with the traffic voice pages and an address selector for selecting the traffic voice pages with the pager addresses that substantially correspond with the pager addresses associated with the preselected route;
an audio converter for converting the selected traffic voice pages into audio information, the audio converter being coupled with the address selector; and
an audio system for audibly presenting the audio information, the audio system being coupled with the audio converter.
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Abstract
A traffic paging system for audibly disseminating real-time traffic information and methods of manufacturing and using the same. The traffic paging system comprises a route-entry system, a receiver system, and an audio system. The route-entry system permits a user to specify one or more preselected routes. After receiving the real-time traffic information, the receiver system converts a relevant portion of the real-time traffic information that is specific to the preselected routes into audio traffic information. The audio system then audibly presents the audio traffic information to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A traffic voice pager, comprising:
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a route-entry system for specifying pager addresses associated with a preselected route;
a receiver system for receiving traffic voice pages, the receiver system being coupled with the route-entry system and including a message decoder for decoding pager addresses associated with the traffic voice pages and an address selector for selecting the traffic voice pages with the pager addresses that substantially correspond with the pager addresses associated with the preselected route;
an audio converter for converting the selected traffic voice pages into audio information, the audio converter being coupled with the address selector; and
an audio system for audibly presenting the audio information, the audio system being coupled with the audio converter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for disseminating relevant, real-time traffic information, the method comprising the steps of:
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specifying pager addresses associated with a preselected route;
receiving traffic voice pages;
decoding pager addresses associated with the traffic voice pages;
selecting the traffic voice pages with the pager addresses that substantially correspond with the pager addresses associated with the preselected route;
converting the selected traffic voice pages into audio information; and
audibly presenting the audio information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
providing a map of a geographic region, said map being dividing into a plurality of traffic zones; and
selecting at least one of said plurality of traffic zones to define said preselected route.
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14. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of decoding comprises the steps of:
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including at least one predetermined code with said traffic voice pages; and
associating said at least one predetermined code with an attribute of said traffic voice pages.
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15. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of decoding comprises the step of associating a plurality of predetermined codes for said traffic voice pages each with at least one attribute in a table.
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16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of associating includes the step of providing said table with plurality of prerecorded speech files.
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17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of providing comprises the step of prerecording said plurality of prerecorded speech files each substantially with a human voice.
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18. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of providing comprises the step of storing said plurality of prerecorded speech files each as a compressed waveform audio file.
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19. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of decoding occurs before the step of receiving.
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20. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of receiving occurs before the step of decoding.
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