Location-related WAP traffic jam map by associating map excerpts in a traffic information center
First Claim
1. A method for selecting traffic information which is to be transmitted to a mobile wireless terminal from a traffic information center, communication between the traffic information center and the mobile wireless terminal taking place over a mobile wireless cell, the method comprisingselecting a geographic area of a road traffic network based on at least one of a selection on the mobile wireless terminal side and the local position of the mobile wireless terminal, determining selection information representing the selected geographic area on the basis of mobile, wireless cell identity of the mobile wireless cell defined by the mobile wireless network operator, selecting, on the basis of the selection information, map information from a digital map of a road traffic network, the digital map being available in the traffic information center, selecting, on the basis of the selection information, traffic status information pertaining to the geographic area of the road network and representing the traffic status on road sections of the road traffic network from traffic status information available in the traffic information center, and transmitting graphic traffic information based on the selected map information and the selected traffic status information by mobile radio to the mobile wireless terminal for joint graphic display.
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Abstract
Simple and multipurpose traffic information is made possible by a method for selecting traffic information which is to be sent to a mobile wireless terminal from a traffic information center and which pertains to a geographic area of a road traffic network selected on the mobile wireless terminal side and/or selected based on the position of the mobile wireless terminal. On the basis of selection information representing the selection of a geographic area, map information pertaining to the selected area is selected in the traffic information center from a digital map of a traffic network, which digital map is available in the traffic information center. On the basis of the selection information, traffic status information pertaining to the geographic area of the road traffic network and representing the traffic status on road sections of the road traffic network are selected from the traffic status information available in the traffic information center. Graphic traffic information based on the selected map information and on the selected traffic status information is transmitted by mobile radio to the mobile wireless terminal for joint graphic display.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for selecting traffic information which is to be transmitted to a mobile wireless terminal from a traffic information center, communication between the traffic information center and the mobile wireless terminal taking place over a mobile wireless cell, the method comprising
selecting a geographic area of a road traffic network based on at least one of a selection on the mobile wireless terminal side and the local position of the mobile wireless terminal, determining selection information representing the selected geographic area on the basis of mobile, wireless cell identity of the mobile wireless cell defined by the mobile wireless network operator, selecting, on the basis of the selection information, map information from a digital map of a road traffic network, the digital map being available in the traffic information center, selecting, on the basis of the selection information, traffic status information pertaining to the geographic area of the road network and representing the traffic status on road sections of the road traffic network from traffic status information available in the traffic information center, and transmitting graphic traffic information based on the selected map information and the selected traffic status information by mobile radio to the mobile wireless terminal for joint graphic display.
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9. A traffic information center for selecting traffic information which is to be transmitted to a mobile wireless terminal based on selection information representing a geographic area of a road traffic network, communication between the traffic information center and the mobile wireless terminal taking place over a mobile wireless cell, said selection information being based on at least one of a selection on the mobile wireless terminal side and the local position of the mobile wireless terminal, said information center comprising
means for determining selection information representing the selected geographic area on the basis of mobile wire cell identification of the mobile wireless cell defined by the mobile wireless network operator, means for selecting, on the basis of the selection information, map information from a digital map of a road traffic network, the digital map being available in the traffic information center, means for selecting, on the basis of the selection information, traffic status information pertaining to the geographic area of the road network and representing the traffic status on road sections of the road traffic network from traffic status information available in the traffic information center, and means for transmitting graphic traffic information based on the selected map information and the selected traffic status information by mobile radio to the mobile wireless terminal for joint graphic display.
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11. A terminal for displaying traffic information, said terminal comprising
a selection device for selecting information representing a geographic area of a road traffic network, a mobile wireless reception device for receiving map information and traffic information for said geographic area that is transmitted to it by radio using WAP, and a graphics display device for joint graphic display of said map information and said traffic status information.
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