Method, system and article of manufacture for identifying regularly traveled routes
First Claim
1. A method of providing travel information comprising:
- storing data that represent a plurality of routes taken by a computing platform, said data includes an origin and a destination for each of said routes;
identify a repeatedly traveled route by evaluating said data to identify said routes having a common origin and a common destination; and
obtaining traffic data for said repeatedly traveled route.
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Abstract
An in-vehicle navigation system includes a receiver for receiving real-time traffic information (RTTI), a database for storing routine trip information, and a processor for running a regular route application. The regular route application includes a learning mode program and an operational mode program. The learning mode program records information regarding trips regularly taken by a vehicle and populates the database with records of routine trip information. The recorded trip information can include driver identifiers, trip departure times, origin points, destination points, dates of travel, days of travel, and route data. When the vehicle begins a new trip, the operational mode program determines whether the vehicle is engaging in a routine trip. This is accomplished by comparing current vehicle location or departure time information to routine trip information in the database. If the vehicle is starting a routine trip, the operational mode program retrieves from the database trip information stored in a trip record associated with the routine trip, accesses RTTI corresponding to the trip information, and notifies an end user about traffic conditions indicated by the RTTI.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing travel information comprising:
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storing data that represent a plurality of routes taken by a computing platform, said data includes an origin and a destination for each of said routes; identify a repeatedly traveled route by evaluating said data to identify said routes having a common origin and a common destination; and obtaining traffic data for said repeatedly traveled route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing travel information comprising:
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storing data representing a plurality of routes taken by a computing platform, said data includes an origin and a destination for each of said routes; identify a routinely-traveled route by evaluating said data to identify said routes having a similar origin and a similar destination; and providing the computer platform with information corresponding to a point of interest proximate the routinely-traveled route. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of operating a computing platform comprising:
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storing data that represent a plurality of routes taken by an end user of the computing platform, for each of said routes said data includes an origin, a destination and a plurality of locations along said route; identifying said routes having a common origin and a common destination; and obtaining traffic data relevant to said routes having said common origin and said common destination. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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