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EmergenSee partnership featured on Bay News 9

USF’s recent partnership with EmergenSee, which licensed mobile alert technology developed by researchers at the Center for Urban Transportation Research and the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, was featured on Bay News 9.  Click here to see the video.

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Emergency alert technology licensed to EmergenSee

USF recently licensed U.S. Patent # 8,045,954 – Wireless Emergency-Reporting System to EmergenSee, a leading provider of mobile apps for personal safety and security. EmergenSee is the only live-streaming video security system on the market.  Read more in the Tampa Bay … Continue reading

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Patent awarded for Adaptive Location Data Buffering

U.S. Patent # 8,718,671 – Adaptive Location Data Buffering for Location-Aware Applications was issued today to researchers at the Center for Urban Transportation Research and the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at USF.  This patent covers technology used in mobile … Continue reading

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JSON vs. XML Benchmarking Presentation at TRB 2014

Ever wonder whether you should be using JSON or XML when talking to a server from your mobile app?  This paper, presented at the 2104 Transportation Research Board meeting, answers this question by benchmarking against MTA NYC’s SIRI API (hint – its … Continue reading

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OneBusAway Multi-region presented at TRB 2014

Our work on OneBusAway Multi-region, which launched real-time transit apps in Tampa and Atlanta, was presented at the 2014 Transportation Research Board meeting.  Next steps – OneBusAway in your city!  Read the full paper here.  You can also view the accompanying … Continue reading

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