Transit incident reporting
First Claim
1. A method of providing reports on a device regarding incidents on transit lines, the method comprising:
- receiving a request to display a transit incident reporting display area that is accessible on the mobile device without opening of a map application;
directing the map application to identify any incident associated with any transit line that has been identified as a transit line of interest by the map application; and
in the transit incident reporting display area, displaying incident information about a set of incidents associated with the identified transit line without opening of the map application.
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for displaying on a device incident reports regarding transit lines and stations. Through a map application of the device, the method of some embodiments receives an incident report regarding transit lines or stations of interest. The method displays the incident report in an incident reporting display area that is accessible on the device without opening of the map application. The incident report in some embodiments includes a set of incidents associated with the transit line or station. In some embodiments, an incident can be an incident about the overall transit line, a portion of the transit line, or stations along the transit line. A station is a location along a transit line at which a transit vehicle that travels the transit line stops. In some embodiments, the transit vehicle passengers get on or off the transit vehicle at a transit station.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing reports on a device regarding incidents on transit lines, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to display a transit incident reporting display area that is accessible on the mobile device without opening of a map application; directing the map application to identify any incident associated with any transit line that has been identified as a transit line of interest by the map application; and in the transit incident reporting display area, displaying incident information about a set of incidents associated with the identified transit line without opening of the map application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device comprising:
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a non-transitory machine readable medium storing a map application for displaying transit lines on a map, and an operating system for providing reports regarding incidents on transit lines; a set of processing units for executing the operating system and the map application; and
the operating system comprising instructions for;receiving a request to display a page that includes a transit incident reporting display area that is accessible on the mobile device without opening of the map application; directing the map application to identify any incident associated with any transit line that has been identified as a transit line of interest by the map application; and in the transit incident reporting display area, displaying incident information provided by the map application for the transit line of interest. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a map application for displaying transit lines, and an operating system for providing reports on a mobile device regarding incidents on transit lines, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
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receiving input requesting display of a transit incident reporting display area that is accessible on the mobile device without opening of the map application; directing the map application to identify any incident associated with any transit line that has been identified as a transit line of interest by the map application; and receiving identification of a transit line of interest through a map application executing on the mobile device; and displaying information about a set of incidents associated with the transit line of interest in the transit incident reporting display area without opening of the map application. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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