System And Method For Using Cellular Network Components To Derive Traffic Information
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsEmily Lyons Soelberg, Michael J. Berry
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Abstract
A traffic reporting system and method for geographic area of interest. The system includes standard wireless telecommunication components configured to establish search criteria, determine a sample size, collect traffic information, calculate additional traffic information, and generate reports.
Claims20
A computer-readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- determining a sample size of mobile handset devices from a selected geographic area of interest;
- establishing search criteria based at least in part upon the determined sample size;
- collecting traffic information from the geographic area of interest based on the established search criteria;
- deriving aggregated real time traffic data from the collected traffic information, wherein the aggregated real time traffic data comprise at least one of vehicle related data or pedestrian related data;
- generating a traffic report based on the derived traffic data.
A computer-readable storage medium that is not a propagating signal, the computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- receiving a request for a traffic report from a mobile handset, wherein the request includes a geographic area and search criteria;
- determining a sample size of mobile handset devices from the geographic area;
- collecting traffic information from the geographic area based on the request and the search criteria, wherein the collected traffic information is based at least in part on the determined sample size;
- deriving aggregated real time traffic data from the collected traffic information, wherein the aggregated real time traffic data comprise at least one of vehicle related data or pedestrian related data;
- generating the traffic report from the derived traffic data;
- and
- providing the generated traffic report to the mobile handset.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to effectuates operations comprising:
- receiving a request for a traffic report from a mobile handset, wherein the request includes a geographic area and search criteria;
- determining a sample size of mobile handset devices from the geographic area;
- collecting traffic information from the geographic area based on the request and the search criteria, wherein the collected traffic information is based at least in part on the determined sample size;
- deriving aggregated real time traffic data from the collected traffic information, wherein the aggregated real time traffic data comprise at least one of vehicle related data or pedestrian related data;
- generating the traffic report from the derived traffic data;
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- providing the traffic report to the mobile handset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.