PROVIDING TRANSIT INFORMATION
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining transit routes through crowd-sourcing, for determining an estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a vehicle of the transit route at a given location, and for providing predictive reminders to a user for catching a vehicle of the transit route. A server receives signal source information about wireless signal sources detected by user devices, including information about a first wireless signal source detected by some devices. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is moving. The server determines that the first wireless signal source is associated with a public transit route upon determining that the signal source information satisfies one or more selection criteria. The server stores information associating the first wireless signal source with the public transit route as transit movement data corresponding to the public transit route.
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26 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a server, information about a first wireless signal source detected by a number of user devices; determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is detected by the user devices in a plurality of locations associated with a first public transit route; comparing, by the server, the number of user devices to a threshold number; in response to determining that the first wireless signal source is detected by the user devices in the plurality of locations associated with the first public transit route and that the number of user devices exceeds the threshold number, determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is associated with a first vehicle on the first public transit route; and generating, by the server, transit movement data corresponding to the first public transit route based on determining that the first wireless signal source is associated with the first vehicle on the first public transit route. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, are configured to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, at a server, information about a first wireless signal source detected by a number of user devices; determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is detected by the user devices in a plurality of locations associated with a first public transit route; comparing, by the server, the number of user devices to a threshold number; in response to determining that the first wireless signal source is detected by the user devices in the plurality of locations associated with the first public transit route and that the number of user devices exceeds the threshold number, determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is associated with a first vehicle on the first public transit route; and generating, by the server, transit movement data corresponding to the first public transit route based on determining that the first wireless signal source is associated with the first vehicle on the first public transit route. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable storage devices encoding instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising; receiving, at a server, information about a first wireless signal source detected by a number of user devices; determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is detected by the user devices in a plurality of locations associated with a first public transit route; comparing, by the server, the number of user devices to a threshold number; in response to determining that the first wireless signal source is detected by the user devices in the plurality of locations associated with the first public transit route and that the number of user devices exceeds the threshold number, determining, by the server, that the first wireless signal source is associated with a first vehicle on the first public transit route; and generating, by the server, transit movement data corresponding to the first public transit route based on determining that the first wireless signal source is associated with the first vehicle on the first public transit route. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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