Patent ID: 8086393

Claim:
A method of processing traffic information, comprising: receiving, at a device with at least one processor, a traffic information including at least one traffic information message including: a road information corresponding to a predetermined road, wherein the road information includes a location information of the predetermined road; a first identifier identifying whether the road information is included in the traffic information message; vertex information for indicating a shape of the predetermined road, wherein the vertex information includes one or more vertex components that indicate a position along the predetermined road; a second identifier identifying whether the vertex information is included in the traffic information message; and a traffic information component including speed information for the predetermined road; decoding, by the device with at least one processor, the received traffic information message, and displaying, on a map, at least a portion of the predetermined road including one or more of the vertex components, wherein the traffic information further includes number information indicating a number of the traffic information message.