Automated location-intelligent traffic notification service systems and methods
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1. A traffic notification system comprising:
- an automated traffic notification system that is configured to electronically;
(a) associate a defined subscriber travel route with a respective subscriber based on data transmitted based on a user selectably activated route learn mode of a wireless device; and
(b) automatically transmit a traffic notification message to the wireless device that is associated with the subscriber.
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Abstract
Traffic notification systems include a location determination system that is configured to determine a geographic location of a subscriber and an automated traffic notification system that is configured to automatically transmit a traffic notification message that is based on the geographic location of the subscriber to a wireless terminal that is associated with the subscriber.
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1. A traffic notification system comprising:
an automated traffic notification system that is configured to electronically;
(a) associate a defined subscriber travel route with a respective subscriber based on data transmitted based on a user selectably activated route learn mode of a wireless device; and
(b) automatically transmit a traffic notification message to the wireless device that is associated with the subscriber.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A traffic notification system comprising:
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a location determination system that is configured to determine a geographic location of a subscriber;
an automated traffic notification system that is configured to automatically transmit a traffic notification message that is based on the geographic location of the subscriber to a wireless terminal that is associated with the subscriber; and
a wireless device comprising a selectively operable route learn mode in communication with the traffic notification system for allowing a user to selectably activate the learn mode to define at least one subscriber travel route for respective subscribers. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for operating a wireless device that communicates with a traffic notification system that provides traffic notices, comprising:
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accepting subscriber input to selectively activate a travel route learn mode in a wireless device;
electronically monitoring the geographic locations of the subscriber at a remote location as the subscriber travels a travel route to determine a subscriber travel route in response to the subscriber input;
electronically associating the determined travel route with the corresponding subscriber; and
automatically transmitting a traffic notification message from a remote location to the wireless device of the subscriber when a traffic condition is electronically determined to potentially affect a driving condition of the determined travel route. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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