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Patent No.:

US 9293041 B1

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Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 02, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Karl J. Cama, Colleyville, TX (US);

Norbert Herman, Denver, CO (US);

Daniel T. Lambert, Manhattan, NY (US);

Philip A. Westcott, London, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G08G 1/07 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01); G01S 5/00 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/07 (2013.01); G01S 5/0036 (2013.01); G01S 5/0252 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01); G08G 1/0125 (2013.01); G08G 1/0145 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments include a system having: at least one computing device configured to monitor a motor vehicle traffic pattern by performing actions including: obtaining telecommunications data from a plurality of mobile devices within a hyper-local area over a hyper-local period; identifying a set of mobile devices within the plurality of mobile devices travelling by motor vehicle from the telecommunications data; determining the motor vehicle traffic pattern based upon the telecommunications data from the set of mobile devices traveling by motor vehicle; comparing the determined motor vehicle traffic pattern with a threshold motor vehicle traffic pattern; and providing instructions for modifying at least one traffic signal device in response to the determined motor vehicle traffic pattern deviating from the threshold motor vehicle traffic pattern.


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