Providing information relating to traffic congestion tendency and using the same

摘要

A method for identifying traffic information includes receiving traffic data including a first identifier, information corresponding to a prediction of congestion tendency for a particular link, and information corresponding to a location associated with the particular link. The first identifier enables a determination of a type of the information that is included within the received traffic data. The method includes determining a type of information included within the received traffic data based on the first identifier and determining congestion tendency prediction information based on the information included in the received traffic data only if the first identifier enables a determination that the received traffic data includes a prediction related to a congestion tendency. The method includes determining location information based on the information that is included in the received traffic data corresponding to the location associated with the particular link and identifying traffic information based on the determined congestion tendency prediction information and the determined location information.