Travel route system and method
First Claim
1. A method of recommending a travel route, the method comprising:
- (a) receiving an indication of a start location and a destination location, and a desired arrival time at the destination location;
(b) identifying one or more road segments included in possible routes between the start location and the destination location;
(c) receiving traffic data, event data, and weather data from at least one traffic data source, at least one event data source, and at least one weather data source, respectively, for the one or more road segments corresponding to a desired time of travel between the start location and the destination location, wherein the event data includes address information corresponding to expected attendees for one or more events occurring in a geographic area proximate to the one or more road segments; and
(d) creating at least one suggested travel route from the start location to the destination location for arriving at the destination by the desired arrival time using the one or more road segments based on analyzing the impact of the traffic data, the event data, and the weather data on the one or more road segments during the desired time of travel between the start location and the destination location, wherein the analyzing the impact includes, at least in part, using the address information to determine a change in a number of expected travelers for the one or more road segments in the geographic area resulting from the occurrence of the one or more events.
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Abstract
A method of recommending a travel route includes receiving an indication of a start location and a destination location, and a desired arrival time at the destination location. One or more road segments included in possible routes are identified. Traffic data, event data, and weather data from at least one traffic data source, event data source, and weather data source, are received for the one or more road segments corresponding to a desired time of travel between the start location and destination location. At least one suggested travel route from the start location to the destination location for arriving at the destination by the desired arrival time is created based on analyzing the impact of the traffic data, the event data, and the weather data on the one or more road segments during the desired time of travel between the start location and destination location.
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Citations
25 Claims
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1. A method of recommending a travel route, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving an indication of a start location and a destination location, and a desired arrival time at the destination location; (b) identifying one or more road segments included in possible routes between the start location and the destination location; (c) receiving traffic data, event data, and weather data from at least one traffic data source, at least one event data source, and at least one weather data source, respectively, for the one or more road segments corresponding to a desired time of travel between the start location and the destination location, wherein the event data includes address information corresponding to expected attendees for one or more events occurring in a geographic area proximate to the one or more road segments; and (d) creating at least one suggested travel route from the start location to the destination location for arriving at the destination by the desired arrival time using the one or more road segments based on analyzing the impact of the traffic data, the event data, and the weather data on the one or more road segments during the desired time of travel between the start location and the destination location, wherein the analyzing the impact includes, at least in part, using the address information to determine a change in a number of expected travelers for the one or more road segments in the geographic area resulting from the occurrence of the one or more events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of recommending a travel route, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving an indication of an start location and a destination location; (b) receiving a desired arrival time associated with the destination location; (c) identifying at least one possible travel route from the start location to the destination location; (d) receiving data comprising at least one of traffic data, weather data, and event data from at least one traffic data source, at least one weather data source, and at least one event data source, respectively, corresponding to the at least one possible travel route, wherein the event data includes address information corresponding to expected attendees for one or more events occurring in a geographic area proximate to the at least one travel route; (e) predicting the effect of the data on a traffic flow along the at least possible one possible travel route at least in part by using the address information to determine a change in a number of expected travelers for segments of the at least one possible travel route in the geographic area resulting from the occurrence of the one or more events; and (f) selecting one of the at least one possible travel routes based on the predicted effect of the data on the traffic flow and the target arrival time. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of recommending a travel route, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving an indication of an start location and a destination location; (b) receiving a desired departure time associated with the start location and a desired arrival time associated with the destination location; (c) identifying one or more road segments; (d) receiving traffic data from at least one traffic data source corresponding to the one or more road segments; (e) receiving event data from at least one event data source corresponding to one or more events proximate to the one or more road segments, the event data including address information corresponding to expected attendees for the one or more events occurring in a geographic area proximate to the one or more road segments; (f) receiving weather data from at least one weather data source corresponding to at least one weather phenomenon proximate to the one or more road segments; (g) predicting a traffic flow along each of the one or more road segments for a time interval corresponding to the desired departure time and the desired arrival time by using the traffic data, the event data, and the weather data, and by using the address information to determine a change in a number of expected travelers for the one or more road segments in the geographic area resulting from the occurrence of the event; and (h) creating at least one suggested travel route from the start location to the destination location by linking a set of the one or more road segments based on the predicted traffic flow along each segment. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. An article of manufacture for recommending a travel route, the article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable medium holding computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
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(a) receiving an indication of a start location and a destination location, and a desired arrival time at the destination location; (b) identifying one or more road segments included in possible routes between the start location and the destination location; (c) receiving traffic data, event data, and weather data from at least one traffic data source, at least one event data source, and at least one weather data source, respectively, for the one or more road segments corresponding to a desired time of travel between the start location and the destination location, wherein the event data includes address information corresponding to expected attendees for one or more events occurring in a geographic area proximate to the one or more road segments; and (d) creating at least one suggested travel route from the start location to the destination location for arriving at the destination location by the desired arrival time using the one or more road segments based on analyzing the impact of the traffic data, the event data, and the weather data on the one or more road segments during the desired time of travel between the start location and the destination location, wherein the analyzing the impact includes, at least in part, using the address information to determine a change in a number of expected travelers for the one or more road segments in the geographic area resulting from the occurrence of the one or more events.
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25. A system for recommending a travel route, the system comprising:
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a receiver unit configured to receive an indication of a start location and a destination location, and a desired arrival time at the destination location; a mapping unit configured to identify one or more road segments included in possible routes between the start location and the destination location; a data aggregation unit configured receive traffic data, event data, and weather data from at least one traffic data source, at least one event data source, and at least one weather data source, respectively, for the one or more road segments corresponding to a desired time of travel between the start location and the destination location, wherein the event data includes address information corresponding to expected attendees for one or more events occurring in a geographic area proximate to the one or more road segments; and a route determination unit configured to create at least one suggested travel route from the start location to the destination location for arriving at the destination location by the desired arrival time using the one or more road segments based on analyzing the impact of the traffic data, the event data, and the weather data on the one or more road segments during the desired time of travel between the start location and the destination location, wherein the analyzing the impact includes, at least in part, using the address information to determine a change in a number of expected travelers for the one or more road segments in the geographic area resulting from the occurrence of the one or more events.
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