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Patent No.:

US 7188025 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2007

Filed:

Dec. 18, 2003

Method and apparatus for exchanging traffic condition information using peer to peer networking

Applicant:

Thomas Randall Hudson, Jr., Cary, NC (US);

Inventor:

Thomas Randall Hudson, Jr., Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Duke W. Yee

Martin J. McKinley

Gerald H. Glanzman

Primary Examiner:

Y Beaulieu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/76 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing traffic information in a data processing system in a vehicle using peer to peer connections. A traffic situation is identified. A traffic data packet is generated in response to identifying the traffic situation. The traffic data packet includes traffic information and an area of influence. A traffic data packet is transmitted to another vehicle using a peer to peer connection based on a location of the vehicle with respect to the area of influence.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hudson, Jr., Thomas. (2007). Method and apparatus for exchanging traffic condition information using peer to peer networking (U.S. Patent No. 7188025). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7188025

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