Intelligent trip status notification
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1. A method for providing status information to a user of a mobile communications device, wherein said user is in transit to a destination, said method comprising:
- (i) receiving a location of said mobile communications device;
(ii) estimating at least one time-of-arrival metric based on (all of);
said location, a calendrical time at said location, a mode of travel, and at least one historical travel time statistic; and
(iii) sending a signal to said mobile communications device based on said time-of-arrival metrics.
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Abstract
Methods of providing trip status information periodically to a user in transit to a destination are disclosed. Trip status information comprises information and alerts based on estimates of various time-of-arrival metrics, such as expected time-of-arrival and earliest time-of-arrival. The estimates are based on a plurality of data, including calendrical time (the time and date), historical statistics, average speed, current weather, weather forecasts, current traffic, and traffic forecasts.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing status information to a user of a mobile communications device, wherein said user is in transit to a destination, said method comprising:
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(i) receiving a location of said mobile communications device;
(ii) estimating at least one time-of-arrival metric based on (all of);
said location, a calendrical time at said location, a mode of travel, and at least one historical travel time statistic; and
(iii) sending a signal to said mobile communications device based on said time-of-arrival metrics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing status information to a user of a mobile communications device, wherein said user is in transit along a route to a destination, and wherein said route comprises at least one route segment, and wherein each of said route segments has a respective mode of travel, said method comprising:
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(i) receiving a location of said mobile communications device;
(ii) estimating at least one time-of-arrival metric based on;
said location, a calendrical time at said location, said modes of travel, and at least one historical travel time statistic; and
(iii) sending a signal to said mobile communications device based on said time-of-arrival metrics. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for continually providing status information to a user of a mobile communications device at a plurality of points in time, wherein said user is in transit to a destination via a mode of travel, and wherein said destination can change at any time, and wherein said mode of travel can change at any time, said method comprising at each of said points in time:
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(i) receiving (a) a location of said mobile communications device, (b) said destination, and (c) said mode of travel at said point in time;
(ii) estimating at least one time-of-arrival metric based on said location at said point in time, a calendrical time at said location at said point in time, said mode of travel at said point in time, and at least one historical travel time statistic; and
(iii) sending a signal to said mobile communications device based on said time-of-arrival metrics. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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