Patent ID: 8264375
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G08G,H04H

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method of generating a plurality of traffic messages, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of TPEG format traffic messages, each message comprising a message management container, an event container and a location container, the message management container includes a plurality of fields having data values that represent management information for the traffic message, the event container includes a plurality of fields having data values that represent a traffic event, and the location container includes a plurality of fields having data values that represent a location of the traffic event; identifying fields of the message management container that have identical data values for two of the traffic messages; identifying fields of the event container that have identical data values for the two of the traffic messages; identifying fields of the location container that have identical data values for the two of the traffic messages; forming a template comprising the identified fields of the message management container with the respective data values, the identified fields of the event container with the respective data values and the identified fields of the locations container with the respective data values; forming a global data set representing a base time of the traffic messages and a geographic region in which the traffic events are located; creating a plurality of compressed TPEG format traffic messages comprising a template identification indicating the template and data values of fields of the message management container, data values of the fields of the event container and the location container not included in the template; and storing the compressed TPEG format traffic messages, the template and the global data set on a computer readable storage medium.