Real-time traffic condition measurement using network transmission data
First Claim
1. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executed on one or more computers, performs the steps of:
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identifying a first location, at time one, of a plurality of automobiles using triangulation to locate a cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles, wherein the triangulation is initiated based at least in part on non-location data that is transmitted from the cell phone over a network that is utilized by the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles;
identifying a second location, at a time two, subsequent to time one, for each of the plurality of automobiles using triangulation to locate the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles, wherein the triangulation is initiated based at least in part on non-location data that is transmitted from the cell phone over the network that is utilized by the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles;
calculating a vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles using the first location at time one and the second location at time two;
using the calculated vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles to create a traffic condition measure for a route in proximity to the first and second locations; and
Step Two;
iteratively performing Step One, in real-time, at a time interval to calculate a real-time traffic condition measure.
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Abstract
In embodiments of the present invention, data that is transmitted over a network that is utilized by cell phones within multiple automobiles may be used to calculate real-time traffic conditions, including but not limited to the time it will take to travel a certain distance using a given route. Real-time traffic conditions may be calculated by, for example, measuring real-time traffic density for a specific geographic region. Traffic conditions and traffic density may be calculated using parameters including, but not limited to, a time of day, a day of the week corresponding to the real-time calculation of the traffic condition measure, a weather condition corresponding to the real-time calculation of the traffic condition measure; or some other parameter relating to traffic conditions. This real-time traffic condition data may be manually accessed by a user from their cell phone or automatically provided to a user'"'"'s cell phone.
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1. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executed on one or more computers, performs the steps of:
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Step One;
identifying a first location, at time one, of a plurality of automobiles using triangulation to locate a cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles, wherein the triangulation is initiated based at least in part on non-location data that is transmitted from the cell phone over a network that is utilized by the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles;identifying a second location, at a time two, subsequent to time one, for each of the plurality of automobiles using triangulation to locate the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles, wherein the triangulation is initiated based at least in part on non-location data that is transmitted from the cell phone over the network that is utilized by the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles; calculating a vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles using the first location at time one and the second location at time two; using the calculated vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles to create a traffic condition measure for a route in proximity to the first and second locations; and Step Two;
iteratively performing Step One, in real-time, at a time interval to calculate a real-time traffic condition measure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executed on one or more computers, performs the steps of:
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Step One;
identifying a first location, at time one, of a plurality of automobiles using triangulation to locate a cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles, wherein the triangulation is initiated based at least in part on non-location data that is transmitted from the cell phone over a network that is utilized by the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles;identifying a second location, at a time two, subsequent to time one, for each of the plurality of automobiles using triangulation to locate the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles, wherein the triangulation is initiated based at least in part on non-location data that is transmitted from the cell phone over the network that is utilized by the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles; calculating a vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles using the first location at time one and the second location at time two; using the calculated vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles to create a traffic condition measure for a route in proximity to the first and second locations; Step Two;
iteratively performing Step One, in real-time, at a time interval to calculate a real-time traffic condition measure;receiving a user request from a user'"'"'s cell phone for traffic condition information associated with the route; and presenting the real-time traffic condition measure to a display of the user'"'"'s cell phone. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executed on one or more computers, performs the steps of:
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Step One;
identifying a first location, at time one, of a plurality of automobiles using triangulation to locate a cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles, wherein the triangulation is initiated based at least in part on non-location data that is transmitted from the cell phone over a network that is utilized by the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles;identifying a second location, at a time two, subsequent to time one, for each of the plurality of automobiles using triangulation to locate the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles, wherein the triangulation is initiated based at least in part on non-location data that is transmitted from the cell phone over the network that is utilized by the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles; calculating a vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles using the first location at time one and the second location at time two; using the calculated vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles to create a traffic condition measure for a route in proximity to the first and second locations; Step Two;
iteratively performing Step One, in real-time, at a time interval to calculate a real-time traffic condition measure;receiving a user request from a user'"'"'s cell phone for traffic condition information associated with the route; and presenting the real-time traffic condition measure to a display of the user'"'"'s cell phone, wherein the presented real-time traffic condition measure is selected from a plurality of real-time traffic conditions measures based at least in part on the presented real-time traffic condition measure containing traffic data relating to a geographic area in proximity to a cell phone tower from which the user'"'"'s request was received. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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