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Traffic paging system
Assignee: KAISER COMMUNICATIONS Inc
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Filing: 2000-11-03
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Granted: 2002-06-25
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Expires: 2020-11-03
Abstract
Abstract A traffic paging system for audibly disseminating real-time traffic information and methods of manufacturing and using the same. The traffic paging system comprises a route-entry system, a receiver system, and an audio system. The route-entry system permits a user to specify one or more preselected routes. After receiving the real-time traffic information, the receiver system converts a relevant portion of the real-time traffic information that is specific to the preselected routes into audio traffic information. The audio system then audibly presents the audio traffic information to the user.
Inventors
- 👤 Steven J. Davis
- 👤 Gordon E. Kaiser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 14:11
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08G; G08G1/00; G08G1/09; G08G1/0962; G08G1/0967; G08G1/096766; G08G1/096775; G08G1/096708; G08G1/096716; G08G1/096733; G08G1/09675
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A traffic voice pager, comprising: a route-entry system for specifying pager addresses associated with a preselected route; a receiver system for receiving traffic voice pages, the receiver system being coupled with the route-entry system and including a message decoder for decoding pager addresses associated with the traffic voice pages and an address selector for selecting the traffic voice pages with the pager addresses that substantially correspond with the pager addresses associated with the preselected route; an audio converter for converting the selected traffic voice pages into audio information, the audio converter being coupled with the address selector; and an audio system for audibly presenting the audio information, the audio system being coupled with the audio converter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
A traffic voice pager, comprising: a route-entry system for specifying pager addresses associated with a preselected route; a receiver system for receiving traffic voice pages, the receiver system being coupled with the route-entry system and including a message decoder for decoding pager addresses associated with the traffic voice pages and an address selector for selecting the traffic voice pages with the pager addresses that substantially correspond with the pager addresses associated with the preselected route; an audio converter for converting the selected traffic voice pages into audio information, the audio converter being coupled with the address selector; and an audio system for audibly presenting the audio information, the audio system being coupled with the audio converter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The traffic voice pager of claim 1 , wherein said traffic voice pages comprise at least one predetermined code associated with an attribute of said traffic voice pages.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The traffic voice pager of claim 1 , wherein said message decoder comprises a table associating a plurality of predetermined codes each with at least one attribute.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The traffic voice pager of claim 3 , wherein said table comprises a plurality of prerecorded speech files.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The traffic voice pager of claim 4 , wherein said plurality of prerecorded speech files each substantially comprise a human voice.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
The traffic voice pager of claim 4 , wherein said at least one of the plurality of prerecorded speech files comprises a compressed waveform audio file.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The traffic voice pager of claim 1 , wherein said message decoder includes a speech generator for generating speech information from said traffic voice pages, said speech generator being coupled with said receiver system and said address selector.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The traffic voice pager of claim 7 , wherein said speech generator comprises a speech synthesizer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
52 words
The traffic voice pager of claim 1 , wherein said route-entry system comprises a plurality of switches and a map of a geographic region divided into a plurality of traffic zones, said preselected route being specified by selecting at least one of said plurality of traffic zones via said plurality of switches.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The traffic voice pager of claim 9 , wherein said audio system substantially comprises a car radio and said plurality of switches substantially comprise a plurality of station preset buttons on said car radio.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
61 words
The traffic voice pager of claim 10 , wherein said receiver system is coupled with said car radio via a cellular telephone interface of said car radio such that, when at least one of said traffic voice pages substantially corresponds with said preselected route, said car radio mutes a radio receiver of said car radio and audibly presents said audio information.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
71 words
A method for disseminating relevant, real-time traffic information, the method comprising the steps of: specifying pager addresses associated with a preselected route; receiving traffic voice pages; decoding pager addresses associated with the traffic voice pages; selecting the traffic voice pages with the pager addresses that substantially correspond with the pager addresses associated with the preselected route; converting the selected traffic voice pages into audio information; and audibly presenting the audio information.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
71 words
A method for disseminating relevant, real-time traffic information, the method comprising the steps of: specifying pager addresses associated with a preselected route; receiving traffic voice pages; decoding pager addresses associated with the traffic voice pages; selecting the traffic voice pages with the pager addresses that substantially correspond with the pager addresses associated with the preselected route; converting the selected traffic voice pages into audio information; and audibly presenting the audio information.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 12 , wherein the step of specifying comprises the steps of: providing a map of a geographic region, said map being dividing into a plurality of traffic zones; and selecting at least one of said plurality of traffic zones to define said preselected route.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 12 , wherein the step of decoding comprises the steps of: including at least one predetermined code with said traffic voice pages; and associating said at least one predetermined code with an attribute of said traffic voice pages.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 12 , wherein the step of decoding comprises the step of associating a plurality of predetermined codes for said traffic voice pages each with at least one attribute in a table.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 15 , wherein the step of associating includes the step of providing said table with plurality of prerecorded speech files.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 16 , wherein the step of providing comprises the step of prerecording said plurality of prerecorded speech files each substantially with a human voice.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 16 , wherein the step of providing comprises the step of storing said plurality of prerecorded speech files each as a compressed waveform audio file.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 12 , wherein the step of decoding occurs before the step of receiving.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 12 , wherein the step of receiving occurs before the step of decoding.
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