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US 6,791,472 B1Granted
Mobile communication device
OwnerSteven M. Hoffberginventor
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Abstract
A mobile communications device comprising a location sensing system, producing a location output; a memory, storing a set of locations and associated events; a telecommunications device, communicating event and location information between a remote system and said memory; and a processor, processing said location output in conjunction with said stored locations and associated events in said memory, to determine a priority thereof.
Claims16
An information collection system comprising:
- a plurality of mobile units each having a wireless communication device, each mobile unit being associated with a vehicle, means for determining a location of the vehicle, and an output for presenting traffic-related information communicated through the wireless communication device to a user;
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- a central monitoring station adapted for transmitting data to and receiving data from at least one of the mobile units,
- wherein the wireless communication device of a mobile unit communicates traffic information with the central monitoring station, and communicates prioritized traffic information directly with a corresponding mobile unit in a self-organizing communication network.
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An automated traffic mapping system comprising:
- a plurality of mobile units installed in vehicles in traffic, each said mobile unit having both a wireless communication device and apparatus that determines location of a vehicle on which it is installed;
- processing means in each of said mobile units, said processing means communicating prioritized traffic information to other vehicle mobile units in a self-organizing communication network in a region via said wireless communication device and receiving traffic information from other mobile units in said region via said wireless communication device and processing said location information to evaluate local traffic of said region;
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- a central monitoring station receiving location information from a plurality of said mobile units.
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A computer implemented method of automated traffic mapping comprising the steps of:
- receiving at a central monitoring station information from a plurality of mobile units installed on vehicles;
- generating a map of traffic conditions at the central station and transmitting traffic information to the mobile units;
- receiving and displaying the traffic information at the mobile units;
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- communicating prioritized traffic information by communications which hop between mobile units in a self-organizing communication network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.