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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shrirang Nilkanth Jambhekar, Palatine, IL (US);
David Wheatley, N. Barrington, IL (US);
William F. Zancho, Hawthorn Woods, IL (US);
Leslie Gabor Seymour, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/09 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/09 ;
Abstract
In a vehicle equipped with a dedicated short-range two-way communications system to acquire and otherwise participate in a roadway information service, method and apparatus are provided to detect ( ) an absence of the availability of such a service and to respond by substituting ( ) roadway information from other sources and to provide notice ( ) to the driver regarding the absence of realtime service information and/or the present use of substituted roadway information.