Patent ID: 8121777
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: G08G,H04H

Abstract:
1. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a vehicle traffic information data structure comprising a payload field containing data representing a particular type of vehicle traffic information, wherein, the particular type of vehicle traffic information comprises one of (i) drive-times strings metadata, or (ii) drive-times data, or (iii) drive-times route metadata, and the data structure and payload field have fixed sizes, and the data structure is generated on a regular basis by a data center and is subsequently broadcast on a regular basis over a wireless network in a push manner to one or more wireless receiver devices located within a particular service coverage region, and the data in the payload field is pre-formatted by the data center and is specific to the particular service coverage region, and wherein whenever the particular type of vehicle traffic information comprises drive-times strings metadata, the payload field comprises,