Patent ID: 7421334
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: G01C,G07C,G08G

Abstract:
1. In an environment where a plurality of in-use vehicles each defining a respective vehicle environment are traveling in a roadway network, a method for use in association with a user vehicle from said plurality of vehicles, said method comprising the steps of: the user vehicle environment collecting data generated within the user vehicle environment; the user vehicle environment processing the collected data to determine the occurrence of at least one event; the user vehicle environment generating at least one event indicator upon determination of event occurrence; causing the communication of information including the at least one event indicator from the user vehicle environment to at least one other vehicle, said causing step further includes the steps of: identifying any vehicle satisfying a relevance criteria in connection with the at least one event indicator; and facilitating communication of the information including the at least one event indicator from the user vehicle environment to at least said one identified vehicle, said information being indicative of rerouting.