Methods And Systems For Reporting Automotive Traffic Conditions In Response To User-Specific Requests
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1. A traffic reporting system comprising:
- a subscriber database for maintaining subscriber account information including subscriber identification information;
a traffic information database for receiving updates of traffic information and storing the received information; and
a traffic information interface for providing traffic information from the traffic information database,wherein the system identifies a subscriber in response to subscriber identification information in the subscriber database, wherein if a user is identified as a subscriber, the system provides traffic information to the subscriber.
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Abstract
The method and system described herein provides an interface for accessing a database containing information pertaining to traffic conditions. Using the interface, a driver can receive traffic conditions potentially affecting the driver'"'"'s particular commute, just prior to the time at which the driver chooses between one or more routes for the commute. Several embodiments are disclosed in accordance with the present invention by which the driver can easily receive timely traffic information from the interface via the driver'"'"'s wireless communications device, such as a wireless telephone.
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1. A traffic reporting system comprising:
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a subscriber database for maintaining subscriber account information including subscriber identification information; a traffic information database for receiving updates of traffic information and storing the received information; and a traffic information interface for providing traffic information from the traffic information database, wherein the system identifies a subscriber in response to subscriber identification information in the subscriber database, wherein if a user is identified as a subscriber, the system provides traffic information to the subscriber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product for providing traffic information from a traffic database to a subscriber over a wireless network, the computer program product comprising:
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a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for facilitating a method comprising; receiving a communication from a user; determining whether the user is a subscriber, wherein if the user is a subscriber, the method further comprises determining the subscriber'"'"'s present and intended destination locations to request traffic information, and calculating a route to travel between the locations, based upon traffic information stored in a traffic database, and wherein if the user is not a subscriber, the method further comprises playing an automated message and disconnecting the communication. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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