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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2008
Richard D. Zerod, Chelsea, MI (US);
Richard D. Zerod, Chelsea, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for selectively providing traffic information to a user without requiring the user to constantly monitor radio broadcasts is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: determining at least one area of interest including a plurality of latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates; receiving traffic data including information related to a plurality of traffic events; parsing the traffic data for any of the traffic events located within at least one area of interest; and outputting a traffic event message to an output device if the latitudinal and longitudinal location of the related traffic event is located within the at least one area of interest.