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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2009
Stephen E. Jaffe, Canton, GA (US);
Sri Ramanathan, Lutz, FL (US);
Matthew A. Terry, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Matthew B. Trevathan, Kennesaw, GA (US);
Stephen E. Jaffe, Canton, GA (US);
Sri Ramanathan, Lutz, FL (US);
Matthew A. Terry, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Matthew B. Trevathan, Kennesaw, GA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A location based service and method configured to provide a mechanism for delivering traffic information to a subscribing user. The method is implemented on a computing infrastructure and includes setting up geo-boundaries at one or more predefined intervals. The method further includes receiving a signal from an active mobile device as it passes at least two of the geo-boundaries at the one or more predefined intervals, and determining a traffic incident from the received signal.