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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Centurylink Intellectual Property Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
Jamie C. Howarter, Overland Park, KS (US);
Richard G. Bradford, Kansas City, KS (US);
Assignee:
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/09 (2006.01); G08G 1/0967 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/096783 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for communicating with traffic detectors. A location of a vehicle is determined. A search is performed continuously for any of a number of traffic detectors in a wireless environment. A communication session is established with one of the number of traffic detectors in response to entering a range of one of the number of traffic detectors. A message associated with the one of the number of traffic detectors is communicated to the vehicle while the vehicle is within the range of one or more traffic detectors.