Patent ID: 7880645

Claim:
A method for providing transportation information, comprising: creating, in a computing device, first information on each stop of a public transportation route, second information on an available route-transfer station and third information on an available route-transfer stop; creating, in the computing device, fourth information on a current position of at least one vehicle in service on the public transportation route, fifth information on a vehicle arrival time for each public transportation route passing the available route-transfer station, and sixth information on a vehicle arrival time for each public transportation route passing the available route-transfer stop; classifying, in the computing device, the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth information into route-based information and vehicle-stop-based vehicle service information; and transmitting, from the computing device, the route-based information and the vehicle-stop-based vehicle service information via different containers in a sequence of messages formed in a hierarchical structure and including traffic information, wherein information on a nearby station and/or a nearby vehicle stop available for transfer from a bus stop is generated using both of the route-based information and the vehicle-stop-based information.