Patent ID: 9483937
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G08C,G08G,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A system for controlling a setting of a crosswalk signal at a crosswalk location, the system comprising: a non-transitory memory; and one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising: receiving, at a crosswalk management server in communication with a first wireless beacon located at or near the crosswalk location, first check-in information from a first communication device based on a first connection between the first communication device associated with a first user and the first wireless beacon; wherein the first check-in information comprises at least an identifier of the first communication device for establishing the first connection with the first wireless beacon when the first communication device of the first user is in a proximity distance to the first wireless beacon; retrieving, at the crosswalk management server, through the first wireless beacon, scheduling information for the first user from a schedule application executing on the first communication device of the first user, wherein the scheduling information for the first user comprises an upcoming appointment and the upcoming appointment location; determining information about a road the first user is traversing using the crosswalk location or approaching to traverse using the crosswalk location, wherein the information about the road is determined using the first check-in information and the scheduling information; determining the setting for the crosswalk signal at the crosswalk location based on the first check-in information, the scheduling information, and the information about the road, wherein the setting adjusts an amount of time of the crosswalk signal at the crosswalk location based on the scheduling information; and communicating the setting to the crosswalk location to affect a change to the crosswalk signal at the crosswalk location.