Patent ID: 8838301

Claim:
A method for train traffic advising including a data center and network, the method comprising: receiving, at a train traffic advisor application hosted by the data center, train status information associated with at least one train; receiving, at the data center, a number of subscribers' travel information from a number of subscribing devices associated with the subscribers' vehicles, the travel information comprising a location, speed, and direction of a vehicle associated with the subscriber; retrieving, via the train advisor application, train crossing location data stored in a database; calculating, via the train advisor application, train traffic information associated with the at least one train based on the received train status information and the stored train crossing location data; identifying, via the train advisor application, a number of the subscribing devices registered to receive information from the train advisor application; and communicating, via the train advisor application, the train traffic information to at least one of the subscribing devices associated with a subscriber's vehicle.