IP Library Granted Patent US 10,692,366
Granted Patent B2
US 10,692,366 · App. 16/288,822 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Server-based system for primary bounding area transport protocol experts group frames

Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn (Mason, OH); Charles Kirkendall (Cincinnati, OH); Amit Deshpande (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
G08G1/0125G08G1/091
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Patent No.
US 10,692,366
App. No.
16/288,822
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A traffic information system includes a server-based media automation system configured to access a traffic system to provide mobile user access to traffic through the server-based media automation system. The system further includes a traffic data source configured to provide traffic data to the server-based media automation system and a traffic message server receiving traffic messages from the traffic data source, combining the traffic messages into a traffic frame using bounding area information. The system further includes a station importer receiving the traffic frame and creating separate streams for a plurality of high definition channels packaged and multiplexed with media data into high definition radio signals for transmission by a broadcast system and wherein the traffic frame excludes traffic messages associated with a primary bounding area and at least one sub-bounding area located within the primary bounding area based on road classifications.

Claims (35)

1. A system comprises:

a server-based media automation system configured to combine media data and traffic data;

a traffic system configured to provide mobile user access to traffic when operative with the server-based media automation system;

a traffic data source configured to provide traffic data to the serer-based media automation system;

a traffic message server receiving traffic messages from the traffic data source and combining the traffic messages into a traffic frame using bounding area information;

a station importer receiving the traffic frame and creating separate streams for a plurality of high definition channels to be packaged and multiplexed with media data into high definition radio signals for transmission by a broadcast system; and

wherein the traffic frame excludes one or more selections of road information in a traffic message associated with a primary bounding area.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the traffic frame excludes one or more selections of road information based on road classifications.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein a lower road classification includes larger roads and a higher road classification includes smaller roads.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the traffic frame excludes one or more selections of road information based on road classes, where all traffic information is excluded for roads assigned to a class higher than class n.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the traffic frame excludes one or more selections of road information based on road classes, where all traffic information is excluded for roads assigned to a class lower than class n.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the traffic frame further excludes one or more selections of road information in a traffic message associated with at least one sub-bounding area associated within the primary bounding.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the traffic frame further excludes one or more selections of road information in a traffic message based on road classes, where class 1 through class n roads are located outside of a sub-bounding box.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the primary bounding area includes a lowest road classification and at least one sub-bounding area located within the primary bounding area includes a higher road classification.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one sub-bounding area includes at least two sub-bounding areas, each with different road classifications.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the traffic message associated with a primary bounding area is a transport protocol expert group (TPEG) traffic message.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more selections of road information include a road class associated with the traffic message that is excluded based on information included in the TPEG traffic message including any of: a road classification associated with a road associated within the TPEG traffic message; a list of road classes associated with TPEG traffic messages; or information linking the road to traffic information included in the TPEG traffic messages.

12. A traffic information system comprises:

a traffic data source configured to provide traffic data to a server-based media automation system;

a traffic message server, configured with the server-based media automation system, receiving traffic messages from the traffic data source and combining the traffic messages into a traffic frame using bounding area information;

a station importer receiving the traffic frame and creating separate streams for a plurality of high definition channels packaged and multiplexed with media data into high definition radio signals for transmission by a broadcast system; and

wherein the traffic frame excludes one or more traffic messages associated with a primary bounding area and at least one sub-bounding area located within the primary bounding area based on road classifications.

13. The traffic information system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more traffic messages are excluded for roads assigned to a class higher than class n.

14. The traffic information system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more traffic messages are excluded for roads assigned to a class lower than class n.

15. The traffic information system of claim 12 , wherein the road classifications include class 1 through class n roads that are located outside of a sub-bounding box.

16. The traffic information system of claim 12 , wherein the primary bounding area includes a lowest road classification and at least one sub-bounding area located within the primary bounding area includes a higher road classification.

17. The traffic information system of claim 16 , wherein the at least one sub-bounding area includes at least two sub-bounding areas, each with different road classifications.

18. The traffic information system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more traffic messages are transport protocol expert group (TPEG) traffic message(s).

19. The traffic information system of claim 18 , wherein the traffic frame excludes one or more traffic messages is based on information included in the TPEG traffic message(s) including any of: a road classification associated with a road associated within the TPEG traffic message(s); a list of road classes associated with TPEG traffic message(s); or information linking the road to traffic information included in the TPEG traffic message(s).

20. A server-based media automation system comprises:

a traffic system to connect mobile media users to traffic information through the server-based media automation system;

a traffic data source configured to provide traffic data to the server-based media automation system;

a traffic message server, configured within the server-based media automation system, receiving traffic messages from the traffic data source and combining the traffic messages into a traffic frame using bounding area information;

a station importer receiving the traffic frame and creating separate streams for a plurality of high definition channels for transmission by an over-the-air broadcast system; and

wherein the traffic frame excludes one or more traffic messages associated with a primary bounding area and at least one sub-bounding area located within the primary bounding area, based on road classifications.

Assignments (16)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2026
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT TO CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: IHEART COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 075557/0138 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS (REEL/FRAME 050017/0882) Recorded Jan 1, 2025
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: IHEARTCOMMUNICATIONS, INC.; IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 069795/0626 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS (REEL/FRAME 049067/0800) Recorded Dec 31, 2024
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)
To: IHEARTCOMMUNICATIONS, INC.; IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 069795/0423 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS (REEL/FRAME 049079/0814) Recorded Dec 31, 2024
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)
To: IHEARTCOMMUNICATIONS, INC.; IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 069795/0488 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 29, 2024
From: IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 069795/0912 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 28, 2024
From: IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 069793/0758 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 28, 2024
From: IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 069794/0248 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 27, 2024
From: IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 069792/0335 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 23, 2024
From: IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 069762/0453 →
ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 052144/0833 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Nov 23, 2019
From: IHEART COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
To: U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 051143/0579 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2019
From: IHEART COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 050017/0882 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2019
From: IHEARTCOMMUNICATIONS, INC.; IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 049079/0814 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2019
From: IHEARTCOMMUNICATIONS, INC.; IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049067/0800 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2019
From: IHEARTCOMMUNICATIONS, INC.; IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049067/0606 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2019
From: LITTLEJOHN, JEFFREY LEE; KIRKENDALL, CHARLES; DESHPANDE, AMIT
To: IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 048474/0447 →
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