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Method and system for providing speed limit alerts

  • US 9,539,901 B1
  • Filed: 04/29/2015
  • Issued: 01/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing speed limit alerts in a vehicle, the method executed by one or more processors programmed to perform the method, the method comprising:

  • obtaining, at one or more processors at a client device, an indication of a threshold speed above a posted speed limit for providing an alert to a user;

    determining, by the one or more processors, a current location of the user when the user is travelling in a vehicle on a vehicle trip;

    obtaining, at the one or more processors, a posted speed limit for the vehicle based on the current location of the user;

    determining, by the one or more processors, a speed of the vehicle;

    when the vehicle exceeds the threshold speed above the posted speed limit;

    providing, by the one or more processors, an audible alert to the user; and

    providing, by the one or more processors, a visual alert to the user, wherein the visual alert includes a display on a user interface with an indication that the vehicle is exceeding the threshold speed above the posted speed limit; and

    providing, by the one or more processors, a map display to the user including map data corresponding to a route in which the user previously travelled during the vehicle trip, wherein the map display includes an indication of a proportion of a duration or distance of the route in which the user travelled above the posted speed limit;

    wherein the method is automatically initiated when the user begins travelling in the vehicle.

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