Travel time determination
First Claim
1. A method in a computer system, the computer system comprising a database, for determining a predicted amount of time required to travel from one location to another, the method comprising:
- maintaining an indexed lookup table, in the database, that includes approximate travel times associated with traveling from within selected departure grid portions to within selected destination grid portions, each selected departure grid portion and each selected destination grid portion being associated with at least one address of interest in a region, the grid portion derived to represent geographical regions whose traversal time relates to a predetermined amount of time wherein the grid portions represented in the indexed lookup table have been sized so that each grid portion is expected to have a traversal time based on a predetermined amount of time, the address representative of a physical location within the geographical region;
updating the travel times with historical data that includes actual amounts of time that have been required to travel from selected departure grid portions to selected destination grid portions; and
searching the indexed lookup table to predict an approximate travel time from a first location to a second location.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to travel time determination, for example, determining a predicted travel time between locations based on historical data. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a method for determining a predicted amount of time required to travel from one location to another that includes dividing a region into multiple grid portions and designating each grid portion that contains at least one address of interest as a departure grid, a destination grid, or both. The method can further include generating a searchable data arrangement that includes travel times associated with traveling from selected departure grids to selected destination grids, and updating the travel times using historical data.
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1. A method in a computer system, the computer system comprising a database, for determining a predicted amount of time required to travel from one location to another, the method comprising:
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maintaining an indexed lookup table, in the database, that includes approximate travel times associated with traveling from within selected departure grid portions to within selected destination grid portions, each selected departure grid portion and each selected destination grid portion being associated with at least one address of interest in a region, the grid portion derived to represent geographical regions whose traversal time relates to a predetermined amount of time wherein the grid portions represented in the indexed lookup table have been sized so that each grid portion is expected to have a traversal time based on a predetermined amount of time, the address representative of a physical location within the geographical region; updating the travel times with historical data that includes actual amounts of time that have been required to travel from selected departure grid portions to selected destination grid portions; and searching the indexed lookup table to predict an approximate travel time from a first location to a second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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