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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Heidrun Belzner, Seefeld, DE;

Georg Obert, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, DE;

Ronald Kates, Otterfing, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/30 (2006.01); G01C 21/32 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3492 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); G08G 1/0129 (2013.01); G08G 1/0133 (2013.01); G08G 1/0141 (2013.01); G08G 1/091 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a method for controlling provision of traffic informational data for updating traffic information, traffic information that was previously valid on a route section, and that was provided by a traffic service provider, for example, is allocated a first added value. A second time value is determined for traffic information on the route section updated virtually by traffic informational data generated from a vehicle. From a comparison of the first and second time values, a priority ratio may be obtained as a measured value for the benefit of transferring the traffic informational data generated in the vehicle to a traffic service provider for updating traffic information that was previously valid at the traffic service provider.


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