Patent ID: 9659494
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G01C,G08G,H04W

Claim:
1. A cloud server for reporting emergency vehicle routes, the cloud server comprising: a communication module to receive emergency vehicle route data from an emergency vehicle, wherein the emergency vehicle route data indicates a travel route of the emergency vehicle and a route privacy policy that identifies an extent by which the cloud server is permitted to disclose the travel route of the emergency vehicle to other vehicles; a route management module to determine a scope of disclosure of the travel route to other vehicles based on the emergency vehicle route data; and a vehicle identification module to (i) determine inertial characteristics of one or more other vehicles different from the emergency vehicle and (ii) identify, as a function of the inertial characteristics, a set of the one or more other vehicles to which to convey the travel route of the emergency vehicle, wherein the communication module is further to transmit a portion of the travel route of the emergency vehicle to the identified set of the one or more other vehicles based on the scope of disclosure.