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Method and apparatus for providing and using public transportation information containing bus stop-connected information

  • US 7,880,645 B2
  • Filed: 07/31/2007
  • Issued: 02/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing transportation information, comprising:

  • creating, in a computing device, first information on each stop of a public transportation route, second information on an available route-transfer station and third information on an available route-transfer stop;

    creating, in the computing device, fourth information on a current position of at least one vehicle in service on the public transportation route, fifth information on a vehicle arrival time for each public transportation route passing the available route-transfer station, and sixth information on a vehicle arrival time for each public transportation route passing the available route-transfer stop;

    classifying, in the computing device, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth information into route-based information and vehicle-stop-based vehicle service information; and

    transmitting, from the computing device, the route-based information and the vehicle-stop-based vehicle service information via different containers in a sequence of messages formed in a hierarchical structure and including traffic information,wherein information on a nearby station and/or a nearby vehicle stop available for transfer from a bus stop is generated using both of the route-based information and the vehicle-stop-based information.

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