Method for verification via information processing
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of identification servers connected to a communications network wherein every identification server is configured to receive at least one of a plurality of identification events wherein one of the identification servers is a license plate server comprising a license plate camera and wherein another one of the identification servers is a road loop server comprising a road loop sensor;
a plurality of subscribing clients;
a central database server that is one of the subscribing clients, wherein said the central database server is configured to store said the identification events for future retrieval and use;
a processing server that is one of the subscribing clients;
a graphical user interface that is one of the subscribing clients;
a plurality of messages transmitted over the communications network wherein the messages comprise a plurality of id messages and a plurality of subscription requests wherein each of the subscribing clients sends at least one of the subscription requests to at least one of the identification servers to thereby subscribe to the at least one of the identification servers,wherein the identification events trigger the identification servers to obtain identification data and to send the identification data to the subscribing clients based on which of the subscribing clients is subscribed to which of the identification servers, wherein sensing a vehicle in the road loop triggers the road loop server to obtain identification data indicating that a vehicle is present in the road loop, and wherein the license plate server subscribes to the road loop server by sending one of the plurality of subscription requests; and
wherein receiving a message from the road loop server is the license plate server'"'"'s identification event.
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Abstract
Identification servers are small, perhaps embedded, systems that can be used as subsystems of a tracking and verification system. An identification server can obtain identification data when a trigger, called an identification event, occurs. The identification server can store the identification data in a database module with a key. The identification server can send a message containing the identification data or the key to a set of subscribing clients. Subscribing clients, such as a central database or a graphical user interface, are clients that subscribe to receive messages from the identification server. An identification server can trigger off of an identification message sent by another identification server.
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14 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of identification servers connected to a communications network wherein every identification server is configured to receive at least one of a plurality of identification events wherein one of the identification servers is a license plate server comprising a license plate camera and wherein another one of the identification servers is a road loop server comprising a road loop sensor; a plurality of subscribing clients; a central database server that is one of the subscribing clients, wherein said the central database server is configured to store said the identification events for future retrieval and use; a processing server that is one of the subscribing clients; a graphical user interface that is one of the subscribing clients; a plurality of messages transmitted over the communications network wherein the messages comprise a plurality of id messages and a plurality of subscription requests wherein each of the subscribing clients sends at least one of the subscription requests to at least one of the identification servers to thereby subscribe to the at least one of the identification servers, wherein the identification events trigger the identification servers to obtain identification data and to send the identification data to the subscribing clients based on which of the subscribing clients is subscribed to which of the identification servers, wherein sensing a vehicle in the road loop triggers the road loop server to obtain identification data indicating that a vehicle is present in the road loop, and wherein the license plate server subscribes to the road loop server by sending one of the plurality of subscription requests; and wherein receiving a message from the road loop server is the license plate server'"'"'s identification event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system comprising:
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a plurality of subscribing clients connected to a communications network; a central database server that is one of the subscribing clients; a graphical user interface that is one of the subscribing clients; a plurality of messages transmitted over the communications network wherein the messages comprise a plurality of id messages; a plurality of identification servers comprising an input module and a server module wherein one or more of the subscribing clients subscribes to each of the identification servers wherein the identification servers receive identification events; a simple server that is one of the identification servers wherein the simple server comprises a second input module and a second server module and wherein the simple server is a road loop server that comprises a road loop sensor; a processing server that is another one of the identification servers wherein the processing server is a license plate server comprising a license plate camera; a plurality of subscription requests that are messages sent from the subscribing clients to the identification servers to thereby subscribe various of the subscribing clients to various of the identifications servers wherein the processing server subscribes to the simple server and wherein the license plate server subscribes to the road loop sensor by sending one of the plurality of subscription requests; wherein at least one of the identification events triggers the simple server to obtain identification data and to send one of the id messages to the simple server'"'"'s subscribing clients, wherein the id messages comprise the obtained identification data and wherein the license plate server'"'"'s identification event is the identification message sent by the road loop server; and wherein the processing server further comprises a processing module wherein at least one of the identification events triggers the processing server to obtain raw data, processes the raw data to produce identification data, and to send one of the id messages to the processing server'"'"'s subscribing clients. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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providing a plurality of identification servers wherein one of the identification servers is a license plate server comprising a license plate camera and another one of the identification servers is a road loop server comprising a road loop sensor; receiving a subscription request from at least one of a plurality of subscribing clients wherein the license plate server subscribes to the road loop server by sending a subscription request; waiting for an identification event wherein receiving a message from the road loop server is the license plate server'"'"'s identification event; receiving the identification event; obtaining identification data wherein sensing a vehicle in the road loop triggers the road loop server to obtain identification data indicating that a vehicle is present in the road loop; and sending an id message to the at least one of the subscribing clients, wherein the id message comprises the obtained identification data and wherein one of the subscribing clients is a central database server and another of the subscribing clients is a graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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