REAL-TIME TRAFFIC CONDITION MEASUREMENT AND PRESENTATION OF SPONSORED CONTENT
First Claim
1. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium that, when executing 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 cell phone tower triangulation to locate a 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 cell phone tower triangulation to locate 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 signal from a cell phone tower indicating that a user has entered a geographic location; and
presenting the real-time traffic condition measure to the 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 the user'"'"'s geographic location.
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Abstract
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for identifying a first location, at time one, of a plurality of automobiles using cell phone tower triangulation to locate a cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles, identifying a second location, at time two, for each of the plurality of automobiles using cell phone tower triangulation to locate the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles, calculating a vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles using the first and second locations already identified, and creating a traffic condition measure for a route in proximity to the first and second locations. The computer program product may repeat this process in real-time to calculate a real-time traffic condition measure that may be a traffic density measure the computer program product may use to predict a travel time, and may display the real-time traffic condition measure on the user'"'"'s cell phone along with product availability data from a store or stores in proximity to the route and can include where such stores are located with the roadway presentation.
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1. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium that, when executing 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 cell phone tower triangulation to locate a 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 cell phone tower triangulation to locate 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 signal from a cell phone tower indicating that a user has entered a geographic location; and presenting the real-time traffic condition measure to the 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 the user'"'"'s geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium that, when executing 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 cell phone tower triangulation to locate a 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 cell phone tower triangulation to locate 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 the display of the user'"'"'s cell phone in conjunction with an advertisement that is associated with a destination in proximity to the route. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium that, when executing 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 cell phone tower triangulation to locate a 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 cell phone tower triangulation to locate 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 the display of the user'"'"'s cell phone in conjunction with product availability data derived from an inventory of a store that is in proximity to the route. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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