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Methods and systems for delivering travel-related information

  • US 7,995,999 B2
  • Filed: 07/25/2006
  • Issued: 08/09/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of obtaining travel-related information for a traveler from an intelligent network, the method comprising:

  • receiving a communication from an access device, the communication including;

    a request for travel related information within a database within the intelligent network, the travel related information being associated with the location of the access device at the time the communication was initiated;

    a code to identify the communication as a request for access to the database containing the travel-related information;

    information that identifies the accessing device;

    prompting the access device for selection of a method to determine the location of the access device;

    receiving the selected method;

    determining the location of the access device according to the received method, wherein the location is determined over a range of times;

    determining a direction of travel of the access device by extrapolating the location of the access device over the range of times; and

    sending the travel-related information including data related to the determined location of the access device and the determined direction of travel of the access device to the access device, wherein the travel-related information comprises content including weather related to the determined location of the access device and weather related to the determined direction of travel of the access device.

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