Patent ID: 6442394
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G08G,H04L

Abstract:
A system for providing vehicular traffic information to a Mobile Station (MS) through a wireless telecommunications network said system comprising:an event detector, said event detector operative to detect a predefined event associated with said MS. said predefined event being selected from the group consisting of: the origination of a wireless call by said MS; the origination of a wireless call to said MS; the termination of a wireless call by said MS; the termination of a wireless call to said MS; the receipt of Short Message Service (SMS) information by said MS; and a periodic location update of said MS; a geographic location system (GLS), said GLS operative to determine the approximate physical location of at least one MS upon the receipt of a signal from said event detector, said event detector sending said signal upon the occurrence of said predefined event; a database containing vehicular roadway information; and a vehicular traffic determination node coupled to said database, said vehicular traffic determination node operative to: i) receive and correlate said approximate physical location of said at least one MS to said vehicular roadway information to generate said vehicular traffic information, and ii) communicate said vehicular traffic information to said wireless telecommunications network.