Predictive routing system and method
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for predicting traffic conditions of a route, the method comprising:
- identifying, by a computer system, a plurality of routes for a vehicle between a starting location and a destination location;
determining, by a computer system for each of the plurality of routes, predicted traffic conditions that include a travel time for the route, a likelihood of congestion on the route, and a likelihood of an accident on the route, wherein one or more of the traffic conditions are determined based on a message being displayed on a variable message sign external to the vehicle and installed on or near the route; and
presenting to a user of the vehicle, by the computer system for each of the plurality of routes, each of the traffic conditions determined for the route.
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Abstract
A user of a telematics-navigation device in a vehicle requests a recommendation as to a route to take to reach a destination. Multiple routes are identified from a current location of the vehicle to the destination. For each route, traffic conditions of the route are predicted. Based on the traffic conditions predicted for each route, one route is chosen to recommend to the user for traveling to the destination. The recommended route is presented to the user along with the other identified routes. When the user selects to travel along one of the presented routes, directions to the destination are provided to a driver of the vehicle along the selected route.
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33 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for predicting traffic conditions of a route, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a computer system, a plurality of routes for a vehicle between a starting location and a destination location; determining, by a computer system for each of the plurality of routes, predicted traffic conditions that include a travel time for the route, a likelihood of congestion on the route, and a likelihood of an accident on the route, wherein one or more of the traffic conditions are determined based on a message being displayed on a variable message sign external to the vehicle and installed on or near the route; and presenting to a user of the vehicle, by the computer system for each of the plurality of routes, each of the traffic conditions determined for the route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-implemented method for predicting traffic conditions of a route, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a computer system, a plurality of routes for a vehicle between a starting location and a destination location; determining, by the computer system for each of the plurality of routes, predicted traffic conditions that include a travel time for the route, a likelihood of congestion on the route, and a likelihood of an accident on the route, wherein one or more of the traffic conditions are determined based on weather effect information describing effects that weather conditions over a period of time have had on a road of the route in the past; and presenting to a user of the vehicle, by the computer system for each of the plurality of routes, each of the traffic conditions determined for the route. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-implemented method for predicting traffic conditions of a route, the method comprising:
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identifying, by a computer system, a plurality of routes for a vehicle between a starting location and a destination location; determining, by the computer system for each of the plurality of routes, predicted traffic conditions that include a travel time for the route, a likelihood of congestion on the route, and a likelihood of an accident on the route, wherein one or more of the traffic conditions are determined based on accident information describing accidents that have occurred on the route in the past under current circumstances; and presenting to a user of the vehicle, by the computer system for each of the plurality of routes, each of the traffic conditions determined for the route. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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