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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2024
Iheart Media Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles Kirkendall, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Amit Deshpande, Cincinnati, OH (US);
iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A method includes establishing a primary bounding area corresponding to a first geographic broadcast area of a traffic message, the primary bounding area associated with a first set of road classes; establishing a first sub-bounding area nested within the primary bounding area, the first sub-bounding area corresponding to a second geographic area smaller than the first geographic broadcast area, and being associated with a second set of road classes different than the first set of road classes. A traffic message associated with a road having an assigned road class is received, and the traffic message is inserted into a Transport Protocol Experts Group frame transmitted within the first sub-bounding area in response to determining that the road and the assigned road class are associated with either the first sub-bounding area or the primary bounding area.