US 12,224,878 B2
Limiting content of travel-related messages
Amit Deshpande, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Abineshraj Rajagopal, Maineville, OH (US)
Assigned to iHeart Media Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/984,358.
Application 17/984,358 is a continuation of application No. 16/385,169, filed on Apr. 16, 2019, granted, now 11,502,866.
Application 16/385,169 is a continuation of application No. 15/633,943, filed on Jun. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,305,697, issued on May 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068839 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04H 20/55 (2008.01); H04L 67/1014 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/1877 (2013.01) [H04H 20/55 (2013.01); H04L 12/1845 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01); H04L 67/1014 (2013.01); H04H 2201/18 (2013.01); H04H 2201/90 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating a boundary specifying a bounded geographic area for which travel information is to be reported;
defining the bounded geographic area based on market configuration parameters;
obtaining flow section information associated with flow sections located within the boundary, wherein the flow sections represent portions of one or more roadways assigned relevant functional road classes (FRCs), and the flow section information includes information about traffic flow associated with the flow sections;
combining FRC current traffic messages and the flow section information to generate a first data group, wherein the FRC current traffic messages include non-predictive traffic information associated with roadway portions that are in the bounded geographic area and are assigned relevant FRCs;
determining whether an aggregate size of the FRC current traffic messages plus a size of FRC predictive traffic messages satisfies a message size threshold, wherein the FRC predictive traffic messages include predictive traffic information associated with the roadway portions that are in the bounded geographic area and are assigned relevant FRCs; and
streaming the first data group to a first traffic message service.