Patent ID: 8711850

Claim:
A device for processing traffic data comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive traffic data including a traffic message, the traffic message including: a message management container including a generation time of the traffic message, and a version number of the traffic message; an event container including a traffic speed component, a travel time information component, a current traffic congestion component, and a predicted traffic congestion component; and a location container including a location information for a road, wherein the traffic speed component includes speed information, and a first identifier corresponding to the speed information, wherein the travel time information component includes travel time information, and a second identifier corresponding to the travel time information, wherein the current traffic congestion component includes current congestion information, and a third identifier corresponding to the current congestion information, wherein the predicted traffic congestion component includes congestion acceleration tendency information, and wherein the traffic message further includes an additional traffic information component, the additional traffic information component including: additional traffic information, and a language code that identifies the language of the additional traffic information, wherein the traffic message further includes a first value for identifying a speed unit for providing the speed information and a second value for identifying a time unit for providing the travel time information, and a decoding unit configured to decode received traffic data.