DISPLAYING ROAD TRAFFIC CONDITION INFORMATION AND USER CONTROLS
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Abstract
Techniques are described for displaying or otherwise providing information to users regarding various types of road traffic condition information in various ways. The information may be provided, for example, as part of a user interface (or “UI”), which may in some situations further include one or more types of user-selectable controls to allow a user to manipulate in various ways what road traffic condition information is displayed and/or how the information is displayed. A variety of types of road traffic condition information may be presented to users in various manners, including by presenting information on graphically displayed maps for geographic areas to indicate various information about road conditions in the geographic area. In addition, provided controls may allow users to select particular times, select particular routes, indicate to perform animation of various types of changing traffic conditions over a sequence of multiple successive times, etc.
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Citations
113 Claims
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1-81. -81. (canceled)
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82. A computer-implemented method for providing information relating to traffic conditions on roads, the method comprising:
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providing a map for display that corresponds to at least a portion of a geographic area, the map including displayed representations of multiple segments of one or more roads in the geographic area, the providing of the map being performed by one or more configured computing systems; identifying a route of interest between at least two locations in the geographic area, the route including at least some of the multiple road segments whose displayed representations are included on the map; and for each of the at least some of the road segments, providing information about comparative traffic conditions at a selected time for the road segment for display on the map, the comparative traffic conditions information indicating differences between actual and/or predicted traffic conditions at the selected time for the road segment and expected traffic conditions at the selected time for the road segment, the providing of the information about the comparative traffic conditions being performed by at least one of the one or more configured computing systems. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94)
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95. A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents configure a computing system to provide information relating to traffic conditions on roads, by performing a method comprising:
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providing a map for display that corresponds to at least a portion of a geographic area, the map including displayed representations of multiple segments of one or more roads in the geographic area, the providing of the map being performed by the configured computing system; identifying a route of interest between at least two locations in the geographic area, the route including at least some of the multiple road segments whose displayed representations are included on the map; and for each of one or more of the at least some of the road segments, initiating a display on the map of information about comparative traffic conditions at a selected time for the road segment by providing the information about the comparative traffic conditions, the comparative traffic conditions information indicating differences between at least one of actual and predicted traffic conditions at the selected time for the road segment and expected traffic conditions at the selected time for the road segment, the providing of the information about the comparative traffic conditions being performed by the configured computing system. - View Dependent Claims (96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
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104. A computing device configured to provide information relating to traffic conditions on roads, comprising:
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one or more processors; and a first component, configured to, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors; provide a map for display that corresponds to at least a portion of a geographic area, the map including displayed representations of multiple segments of one or more roads in the geographic area; identify a route of interest between at least two locations in the geographic area, the route including at least some of the multiple road segments whose displayed representations are included on the map; and for each of one or more of the at least some of the road segments, initiate a display on the map of information about comparative traffic conditions at a selected time for the road segment, the comparative traffic conditions information indicating differences between at least one of actual and predicted traffic conditions at the selected time for the road segment and expected traffic conditions at the selected time for the road segment. - View Dependent Claims (105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113)
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