Mobile Alert Network Passive Traffic Notification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current traffic information systems are unreliable and inefficient, often providing outdated or irrelevant information to drivers, requiring manual intervention, and are not optimized for individual commuters, leading to missed relevant alerts due to lengthy broadcasts and the need for active device manipulation.
Innovation Solution
A passive traffic alerting method that identifies traffic events through data analysis, selects relevant events based on a mobile communicator's location, and sends alerts without prompting the user to launch an application, using a Mobile Alert Network (MAN) service that integrates data from multiple sources, including cell towers and sensors, to provide location-specific and timely information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traffic information is broadcast through traditional channels (news channels, police reports, road-side sensors), then traffic information can be gathered from multiple sources, but the information becomes outdated or incorrectly interpreted and is relayed through inefficient channels
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces mobile communicators as intermediary devices that directly receive and process traffic information from data sources, eliminating the inefficient relay through news channels and police reports. The mobile communicator acts as a mediator between the traffic data sources and the driver, enabling real-time information delivery without the time losses and reliability issues of traditional broadcast channels.
2Reliability
If traffic information is broadcast to all drivers in a metropolitan area, then all drivers receive traffic updates, but most drivers receive irrelevant information and become numbed, missing the one report which was relevant
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing traffic information delivery to each driver's specific location, route, and preferences. Instead of uniform broadcasting to all drivers, the system tailors the information content, timing, and delivery method to the local needs of each driver, ensuring relevance while reducing information volume to only what is necessary for that specific driver.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the metropolitan area into multiple zones and divides traffic information into targeted groups based on driver location and route. This segmentation allows the system to send relevant information only to drivers in affected areas, eliminating the need to broadcast to all drivers and reducing information overload while maintaining high relevance.
3Ease of operation
If drivers must actively manipulate devices (launch applications) to receive traffic information, then drivers can access detailed traffic data, but driver attention is diverted from driving and existing phone functions are interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by enabling traffic information to be automatically delivered to drivers without requiring any active manipulation. The mobile communicator automatically receives, processes, and displays traffic information based on the driver's location and preferences, eliminating the need to launch applications or interact with the device, thus maintaining driver safety while providing easy access to traffic data.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring traffic information delivery parameters before the driver needs the information. The system pre-loads route data, sets up monitoring parameters, and prepares alert templates in advance, so that when traffic events occur, information is immediately delivered without requiring the driver to take any action, ensuring both ease of operation and driver safety.
4Reliability
If personalized traffic information services are provided, then drivers receive relevant traffic data for their specific routes, but drivers must enter routes manually or store commute information in memory
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the mobile communicator to automatically determine and update the driver's route and location information without manual input. The device uses GPS and other location services to self-configure traffic monitoring parameters, eliminating the need for drivers to enter routes or store commute information, thus maintaining high accuracy while simplifying setup to zero user action.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for providing a mobile application includes a Mobile Subscriber Detection Authorization and Verification System (MSDAVS), to request and receive confidential information from a confidential information owner relating to a user who opted-in to a mobile service application, and to communicate the received confidential information to a mobile application service provider. The MSDAVS can include an opt-in database, to store opt-in or registration data of the opted-in users of the mobile service application and a service policy database. The mobile application service can be a mobile traffic alerting service, the confidential information owner a telephone number database of one of a wireless carrier or a telephone number database operator, and the requested confidential information a list telephone numbers of opted-in users in an alert area, defined by the mobile traffic alerting service.