Patent Document ID: 6161092
Application ID: 09163118

Base Claim:
1. A method for reporting traffic information using pre-recorded audio, comprising the steps of: receiving data for a set of traffic incidents, said data including parameters for each of said traffic incidents, one or more of said parameters include at least one code representing a value for said parameter; identifying groups of files that store speech for describing said traffic incidents, each group of files is associated with at least one of said incidents, said step of identifying groups comprises the steps of: for each incident of at least a subset of said traffic incidents, accessing parameters for said incident, and for each parameter of at least a subset of said accessed parameters, identifying one or more files that store speech using a set of information correlating codes for said parameter to references to audio files; and automatically presenting said stored speech from each group of files.

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Claim 14:
14. A method according to claim 1, further including the step of: adding additional files to said groups, said additional files include filler speech.