System and method for providing real-time traffic information

Details System and method for providing real-time traffic information System and method for providing real-time traffic information

Filed on

2006-10-12

Date issued

2009-10-27

Examiner

Tweel, Jr., John A (Department: 2612)

Patent Class

Communications: electrical

SubClass

External condition vehicle-mounted indicator or alarm

Other Related Categories

C701S117000, C701S210000

Type

Reexamination Certificate

Status

active

Patent number

07609172

Description

ABSTRACT:
A device and method for filtering traffic information. In one embodiment, the device comprises a traffic component, a computing device coupled with the traffic component, and a display coupled with the computing device. The traffic component is operable to receive traffic data corresponding to a plurality of traffic events. The computing device is operable to filter the received traffic data based on the severity of the traffic events to form filtered traffic data and the display is operable to present an indication of the filtered data.

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