Patent ID: 7729335

Claim:
A method for processing traffic data at a receiver, the method comprising: receiving a message structure including traffic data including; information corresponding to a prediction of an amount of congestion for a particular link and a first identifier which enables a determination that the traffic data relates to the prediction of the amount of congestion for the particular link, information corresponding to a prediction of an average speed for the particular link and a second identifier which enables a determination that the traffic data relates to the prediction of the average speed for the particular link, information corresponding to a current average speed for the particular link and a third identifier which enables a determination that the traffic data relates to the current average speed for the particular link, information corresponding to a current amount of congestion for the particular link and a fourth identifier which enables a determination that the traffic data relates to the current amount of congestion for the particular link, information corresponding to a location associated with the particular link, and information corresponding to a message management structure including information corresponding to a generation time of information reflected in the traffic data; and decoding the traffic data.