Method and system for processing road sign content

A system comprising a mobile computing device and a display device in a vehicle, said mobile computing device comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing software configured to be executed by the processor via the memory to implement a method for processing road sign content, said method comprising:

• monitoring, by the processor in the mobile computing device in the vehicle, a wireless communication network for signals continuously broadcasted over the network from road sign transmitters, said signals comprising road sign messages containing road sign content information from road signs;
• capturing a signal of said continuously broadcasted signals as a result of said monitoring, said captured signal comprising a message of said road sign messages, said message comprising road sign content information from a road sign of said road signs, said captured signal being in range of the mobile computing device;
• interpreting, by the processor, the message comprised by the captured signal to ascertain the road sign content information from the road sign;
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• based on display parameters previously defined by a user, displaying for a predetermined time period, by the display device in the vehicle operationally coupled to the mobile computing device, the road sign content information in the message within the captured signal that was transmitted to the display device from the processor in the mobile computing device.

A computer program product, comprising a computer readable physically tangible storage device having computer readable software stored therein, said software containing instructions configured to be executed by a processor of a mobile computing device in a vehicle to implement a method for processing road sign content, said method comprising:

• monitoring, by the processor in the mobile computing device in the vehicle, a wireless communication network for signals continuously broadcasted over the network from road sign transmitters, said signals comprising road sign messages containing road sign content information from road signs;
• capturing a signal of said continuously broadcasted signals as a result of said monitoring, said captured signal comprising a message of said road sign messages, said message comprising road sign content information from a road sign of said road signs, said captured signal being in range of the mobile computing device;
• interpreting, by the processor, the message comprised by the captured signal to ascertain the road sign content information from the road sign;
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• based on display parameters previously defined by a user, displaying for a predetermined time period, by a display device in the vehicle operationally coupled to the mobile computing device, the road sign content information in the message within the captured signal that was transmitted to the display device from the processor in the mobile computing device.