Patent ID: 9552725
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G08G,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for modeling and processing vehicular traffic data, comprising the steps of: generating a representation of a road network associated with the vehicular traffic data, the road network comprising a plurality of road sections; and acquiring vehicular traffic data associated with said road network from a plurality of mobile sensors in communication with a wireless telecommunication network, wherein acquiring vehicular traffic data comprises selecting a sample comprising vehicle-carried mobile sensors from the plurality of mobile sensors and tracking locations of said vehicle-carried mobile sensors of said sample over the road network, the method further including a procedure for protecting privacy of individuals associated with said vehicle-carried mobile sensors, comprising tracking locations of said vehicle-carried mobile sensors of said sample without identifying tracked vehicles by using phone numbers, and keeping identities of the vehicle-carried mobile sensors within the location of the wireless telecommunications network so that privacy of the individuals associated with said vehicle-carried mobile sensors are protected.