Patent ID: 9691278
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G08G

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: receiving, from an emergency communications network, an identifying credential for an emergency vehicle; receiving, from the emergency communications network, routing information for the emergency vehicle, wherein the routing information indicates a route the emergency vehicle will proceed in; determining one or more traffic signals the emergency vehicle will pass through in the received route; generating one or more traffic signal time-bounded intersection tickets, wherein one traffic signal time-bounded intersection ticket is generated for each of the one or more traffic signals the emergency vehicle will pass through and wherein each traffic signal time-bounded intersection ticket comprises a predetermined valid time period; generating an emergency vehicle time-bounded intersection ticket; transmitting each of the one or more traffic signal time-bounded intersection tickets to the corresponding one or more traffic signals the emergency vehicle will pass through; transmitting the identifying credential for the emergency vehicle to the one or more traffic signals the emergency vehicle will pass through; and transmitting the emergency vehicle time-bounded intersection ticket to the emergency vehicle.