Patent ID: 8055703

Claim:
A system comprising: a plurality of identification servers connected to a communications network wherein every identification server is configured to receive at least one of a plurality of identification events wherein one of the identification servers is a license plate server comprising a license plate camera and wherein another one of the identification servers is a road loop server comprising a road loop sensor; a plurality of subscribing clients; a central database server that is one of the subscribing clients, wherein said the central database server is configured to store said the identification events for future retrieval and use; a processing server that is one of the subscribing clients; a graphical user interface that is one of the subscribing clients; a plurality of messages transmitted over the communications network wherein the messages comprise a plurality of id messages and a plurality of subscription requests wherein each of the subscribing clients sends at least one of the subscription requests to at least one of the identification servers to thereby subscribe to the at least one of the identification servers, wherein the identification events trigger the identification servers to obtain identification data and to send the identification data to the subscribing clients based on which of the subscribing clients is subscribed to which of the identification servers, wherein sensing a vehicle in the road loop triggers the road loop server to obtain identification data indicating that a vehicle is present in the road loop, and wherein the license plate server subscribes to the road loop server by sending one of the plurality of subscription requests; and wherein receiving a message from the road loop server is the license plate server's identification event.