System and method for enabling wireless traffic message passing

A method for peer-to-peer traffic messaging comprising:

• initializing a highway transponder wireless subsystem;
• enabling a highway transponder to broadcast a query to obtain highway traffic pattern data;
• if a response is received, incorporating the highway traffic pattern data into a highway transponder database;
• and
• if a response is not received and a first predetermined timeout has expired, enabling the highway transponder to broadcast another query to obtain the highway traffic pattern to incorporate into the highway transponder database.

An article comprising:

• a storage medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for initializing a vehicle wireless subsystem;
• broadcasting a query to request real-time traffic pattern data, wherein the real-time traffic pattern data comprises traffic pattern data obtained from other vehicle wireless subsystems and highway wireless subsystems;
• and
• if a response to the query has been received, incorporating the real-time traffic pattern data into a runtime database and creating a human-readable display for displaying on a navigation system, wherein the human-readable display provides a driver with up-to-date traffic conditions.

An article comprising:

• a storage medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for initializing a highway transponder wireless subsystem;
• enabling a highway transponder to broadcast a query to obtain highway traffic pattern data;
• if a response is received, incorporating the highway traffic pattern data into a highway transponder database;
• and
• if a response is not received and a first predetermined timeout has expired, enabling the highway transponder to broadcast another query to obtain the highway traffic pattern to incorporate into the highway transponder database.