Traffic information system and method
First Claim
1. Traffic information system, comprising:
- at least a mobile device having a localization function adapted to determine a current location thereof, said mobile device being adapted at least to display a navigation route,a host server connected to Internet,at least a traffic information server, connected to Internet, adapted to provide updated standard traffic information files, said updated standard traffic information files comprising traffic information relative to a large territory,a communication channel between the mobile device and the host server, including a wireless portion,wherein the mobile device transmits said current location to the host server at least from time to time,wherein the host server is adapted to get updated standard traffic information files from the traffic information server, at least from time to time,characterized in that the host server extracts and filters data contained in the updated standard traffic information files according at least to said current location, to result in a subset of traffic information data, which is transmitted to the mobile device, wherein the subset of traffic info data is further compressed in a binary compressed form.
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Abstract
Method and system of traffic information comprising a mobile device (1) connected to a connected host server (2) via a wireless network (4), wherein said host server (2) is adapted to download updated standard traffic information xml files (6) from traffic information server (3) connected to the Internet (5), wherein the method comprises the steps of identifying the current GPS location of the mobile device and transmitting said current GPS location to the host server, defining a relevant area surrounding said current GPS location of the mobile device, extracting, from updated standard traffic information xml files, road segments totally or partially included in said relevant area, preparing and compressing a relevant subset of traffic info data, transmitting it to the mobile device, processing said subset of traffic info data in the mobile device to display traffic information.
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15 Claims
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1. Traffic information system, comprising:
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at least a mobile device having a localization function adapted to determine a current location thereof, said mobile device being adapted at least to display a navigation route, a host server connected to Internet, at least a traffic information server, connected to Internet, adapted to provide updated standard traffic information files, said updated standard traffic information files comprising traffic information relative to a large territory, a communication channel between the mobile device and the host server, including a wireless portion, wherein the mobile device transmits said current location to the host server at least from time to time, wherein the host server is adapted to get updated standard traffic information files from the traffic information server, at least from time to time, characterized in that the host server extracts and filters data contained in the updated standard traffic information files according at least to said current location, to result in a subset of traffic information data, which is transmitted to the mobile device, wherein the subset of traffic info data is further compressed in a binary compressed form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Method of handling traffic information in a traffic information system comprising a mobile device connected to a connected host server via a wireless network, wherein said host server is adapted to download updated standard traffic information files from a traffic information server connected to the Internet, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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identifying a current location of the mobile device, transmitting said current location from the mobile device to the host server, defining, in the host server, a relevant area surrounding said current location of the mobile device, extracting, from updated standard traffic information files, road segments totally or partially included in said relevant area, preparing and compressing a relevant subset of traffic info data, transmitting said subset of traffic info data from the host server to the mobile device, processing said subset of traffic info data in the mobile device to at least display traffic information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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