System and method for enabling wireless traffic message passing
First Claim
1. A method for peer-to-peer traffic messaging comprising:
- initializing a vehicle wireless subsystem;
broadcasting a query to request real-time traffic pattern data, wherein the real-time traffic pattern data comprises traffic pattern data obtained from other vehicle wireless subsystems and highway wireless subsystems; and
if a response to the query has been received, incorporating the real-time traffic pattern data into a runtime database and creating a human-readable display for displaying on a navigation system, wherein the human-readable display provides a driver with up-to-date traffic conditions.
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Abstract
A system and method for enabling wireless traffic message passing. The method includes initializing a vehicle wireless subsystem and a highway wireless subsystem, enabling a vehicle transponder to broadcast a query to request real-time traffic pattern data, and if a response to the query has been received, incorporating the real-time traffic pattern data into a runtime database and creating a human-readable display for displaying the runtime database on a navigation system. The human-readable display of the traffic pattern data includes the display of free-flowing traffic, slow moving traffic, and stopped traffic on a map to allow the driver to change a planned travel route if slow and stopped traffic pattern conditions exit on the planned travel route.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for peer-to-peer traffic messaging comprising:
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initializing a vehicle wireless subsystem; broadcasting a query to request real-time traffic pattern data, wherein the real-time traffic pattern data comprises traffic pattern data obtained from other vehicle wireless subsystems and highway wireless subsystems; and if a response to the query has been received, incorporating the real-time traffic pattern data into a runtime database and creating a human-readable display for displaying on a navigation system, wherein the human-readable display provides a driver with up-to-date traffic conditions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for peer-to-peer traffic messaging comprising:
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initializing a highway transponder wireless subsystem; enabling a highway transponder to broadcast a query to obtain highway traffic pattern data; if a response is received, incorporating the highway traffic pattern data into a highway transponder database; and if a response is not received and a first predetermined timeout has expired, enabling the highway transponder to broadcast another query to obtain the highway traffic pattern to incorporate into the highway transponder database. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A peer-to-peer traffic messaging system comprising:
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a plurality of highway transponder subsystems, each highway transponder subsystem including a plurality of highway transponders dispersed on highways to transmit and receive traffic pattern data and highway memory to store the traffic pattern data; and a plurality of vehicle transponder subsystems, each vehicle transponder subsystem housed inside of a vehicle, each vehicle transponder subsystem including a vehicle transponder to transmit and receive the traffic pattern data, vehicle memory to store the traffic pattern data, and a navigation system to display the traffic pattern data in a human readable format to a driver to enable the driver to view up-to-date traffic conditions, wherein the display includes free-flowing traffic, slow moving traffic, and stopped traffic on a map to allow the driver to change a planned travel route if slow and stopped traffic pattern conditions exist on the planned travel route. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. An article comprising:
- a storage medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for initializing a vehicle wireless subsystem;
broadcasting a query to request real-time traffic pattern data, wherein the real-time traffic pattern data comprises traffic pattern data obtained from other vehicle wireless subsystems and highway wireless subsystems; and if a response to the query has been received, incorporating the real-time traffic pattern data into a runtime database and creating a human-readable display for displaying on a navigation system, wherein the human-readable display provides a driver with up-to-date traffic conditions. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- a storage medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for initializing a vehicle wireless subsystem;
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30. An article comprising:
- a storage medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for initializing a highway transponder wireless subsystem;
enabling a highway transponder to broadcast a query to obtain highway traffic pattern data; if a response is received, incorporating the highway traffic pattern data into a highway transponder database; and if a response is not received and a first predetermined timeout has expired, enabling the highway transponder to broadcast another query to obtain the highway traffic pattern to incorporate into the highway transponder database. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
- a storage medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for initializing a highway transponder wireless subsystem;
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