Time-based adjustment of bounding area definitions
AssigneeiHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Charles Kirkendall, Amit Deshpande
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Abstract
According to a method disclosed herein, Transport Protocol Experts Group (TPEG) traffic messages, which include traffic information associated with road vector definitions, are generated. bounding area definitions associating the road vector definitions with bounding areas are obtained, and automatically adjusted based on a time associated with broadcast of the TPEG traffic messages. TPEG traffic messages to be included in a TPEG frame associated with a particular bounding area are selected based on the bounding area definitions. The TPEG frame is generated, and transmitted for broadcast in the particular bounding area.
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A method comprising:
- generating Transport Protocol Experts Group (TPEG) traffic messages, wherein the TPEG messages include traffic information associated with road vector definitions;
- obtaining bounding area definitions associating the road vector definitions with bounding areas;
- automatically adjusting the bounding area definitions based on a time associated with broadcast of the TPEG traffic messages;
- selecting, based on the bounding area definitions, TPEG traffic messages to be included in a TPEG frame associated with a particular bounding area;
- generating the TPEG frame;
- and
- transmitting the TPEG frame for broadcast in the particular bounding area.
A system comprising:
- a traffic message server coupled to a station importer, the traffic message server configured to:
- generate Transport Protocol Experts Group (TPEG) traffic messages, wherein the TPEG messages include traffic information associated with road vector definitions;
- obtain bounding area definitions associating the road vector definitions with bounding areas;
- automatically adjust the bounding area definitions based on a time associated with broadcast of the TPEG traffic messages;
- select, based on the bounding area definitions, TPEG traffic messages to be included in a TPEG frame associated with a particular bounding area;
- generate the TPEG frame;
- transmit the TPEG frame for to the station importer;
- the station importer coupled to a broadcast system, the station importer configured to:
- receive the TPEG frame from the traffic message server;
- and
- insert the TPEG frame into a media broadcast associated with the particular bounding area.
A traffic message server comprising:
- a processor;
- memory coupled to the processor;
- a program of instructions stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the program of instructions causing the processor to:
- generate Transport Protocol Experts Group (TPEG) traffic messages, wherein the TPEG messages include traffic information associated with road vector definitions;
- obtain bounding area definitions associating the road vector definitions with bounding areas;
- automatically adjust the bounding area definitions based on a time associated with broadcast of the TPEG traffic messages;
- select, based on the bounding area definitions, TPEG traffic messages to be included in a TPEG frame associated with a particular bounding area;
- generate the TPEG frame;
- and
- transmit the TPEG frame for broadcast in the particular bounding area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.