METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TRAVEL INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A mobile device, comprising:
- a processor communicably coupled to a trip database storing information indicative of a personal road network of a user of a mobile device;
a receiver for wirelessly receiving traffic information; and
an output device,wherein the processor is arranged to;
determine a current location of the mobile device;
generate one or more no-jam events for respective road segments in the personal network within a predetermined distance of the current location for which no traffic information has been received; and
provide at least one message based on the one or more no-jam events to a user using the output device.
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Abstract
A method of providing traffic information is described, together with a device for performing the same. The method comprises determining a location of a mobile device, receiving traffic information, and determining, with respect to a trip database storing information indicative of a personal road network of a user of the mobile device, whether traffic information associated with one or more road segments in the personal network within a predetermined distance of the current location has been received. One or more no-jam events are generated for respective road segments in the personal network for which it is determined that no traffic information has been received.
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22 Claims
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1. A mobile device, comprising:
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a processor communicably coupled to a trip database storing information indicative of a personal road network of a user of a mobile device; a receiver for wirelessly receiving traffic information; and an output device, wherein the processor is arranged to; determine a current location of the mobile device; generate one or more no-jam events for respective road segments in the personal network within a predetermined distance of the current location for which no traffic information has been received; and provide at least one message based on the one or more no-jam events to a user using the output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing traffic information, comprising:
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determining a location of a mobile device; receiving traffic information; determining, with respect to a trip database storing information indicative of a personal road network of a user of the mobile device, whether traffic information associated with one or more road segments in the personal network within a predetermined distance of the current location has been received; generating one or more no jam events for respective road segments in the personal network for which it is determined that no traffic information has been received; and providing at least one message based on the one or more no-jam events to a user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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