Limiting content of travel-related messages

A device comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program of instructions configured to be executed by the processor, the program of instructions including:
• at least one instruction to generate a boundary specifying a bounded geographic area for which travel information is to be reported, wherein the bounded geographic area is defined based on market configuration parameters;
• at least one instruction to obtain flow section information associated with flow sections located within the boundary, wherein the flow sections represent portions of one or more roadways assigned relevant functional road classes (FRCs), and the flow section information includes information about traffic flow associated with the flow sections;
• at least one instruction to combine FRC current traffic messages and the flow section information to generate a first data group, wherein the FRC current traffic messages include non-predictive traffic information associated with roadway portions that are in the bounded geographic area and are assigned relevant FRCs;
• at least one instruction to determine whether an aggregate size of the FRC current traffic messages plus a size of FRC predictive traffic messages satisfies a message size threshold, wherein the FRC predictive traffic messages include predictive traffic information associated with the roadway portions that are in the bounded geographic area and are assigned relevant FRCs;
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• at least one instruction to stream the first data group to a first traffic message service.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including a program of instructions configured to be stored in a memory and executed by a processor, the program of instructions comprising:

• at least one instruction to generate a boundary specifying a bounded geographic area for which travel information is to be reported, wherein the bounded geographic area is defined based on market configuration parameters;
• at least one instruction to obtain flow section information associated with flow sections located within the boundary, wherein the flow sections represent portions of one or more roadways assigned relevant functional road classes (FRCs), and the flow section information includes information about traffic flow associated with the flow sections;
• at least one instruction to combine FRC current traffic messages and the flow section information to generate a first data group, wherein the FRC current traffic messages include non-predictive traffic information associated with roadway portions that are in the bounded geographic area and are assigned relevant FRCs;
• at least one instruction to determine whether an aggregate size of the FRC current traffic messages plus a size of FRC predictive traffic messages satisfies a message size threshold, wherein the FRC predictive traffic messages include predictive traffic information associated with the roadway portions that are in the bounded geographic area and are assigned relevant FRCs;
• and
• at least one instruction to stream the first data group to a first traffic message service.