Patent ID: 8831862

Claim:
A method of processing traffic information at a server including an encoder and a transmitter, comprising: encoding, at the encoder, the traffic information including a Transport Protocol Experts Group (TPEG) message segment and information corresponding to a number of the message segment; and transmitting, at the transmitter, the encoded traffic information, wherein the message segment includes a message management container, an event container, and a location container, wherein the message management container includes a version of the message segment and a generation time of the message segment, wherein the event container includes information about a stop, information for respective routes passing through the stop, and information about a service day type, and wherein the location container includes location information of the stop, wherein the event container further includes information about travel time between the stops, wherein the information about travel time comprises: a first travel time based on an operation schedule; a second travel time based on actual traffic conditions; first identification information corresponding to the first travel time; and second identification information corresponding to the second travel time.