MANAGING TRAFFIC FLOW
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Abstract
A system or computer usable program product for tracking and routing traffic to avoid congestion via a plurality of user devices including providing a traffic reservation user interface for receiving a plurality of path selections from the plurality of user devices; responsive to predicting a traffic congestion from the plurality of user devices taking into account real-time and predicted conditions, presenting a first set of users with a first set of route selection recommendations via the user interface; and responsive to receiving a plurality of actual routing selections from the first set of users from the user interface, adjusting the traffic prediction, and presenting a second set of users with a second set of route selection recommendations via the user interface to reduce expected traffic congestion.
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20 Claims
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9. A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable storage medium including computer usable code for use in tracking and routing traffic to avoid congestion via a plurality of user devices, the computer usable program product comprising code for performing the steps of:
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providing a traffic reservation user interface for receiving a plurality of path selections from the plurality of user devices; responsive to predicting a traffic congestion from the plurality of user devices taking into account real-time and predicted conditions, at least one of which is selected from the group of road, traffic, and weather conditions, presenting a first set of users with a first set of route selection recommendations via the user interface; and responsive to receiving a plurality of actual routing selections from the first set of users from the user interface, adjusting the traffic prediction according to the predicted conditions and the actual routing selections, and presenting a second set of users with a second set of route selection recommendations via the user interface to reduce expected traffic congestion. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A data processing system for tracking and routing traffic to avoid congestion via a plurality of user devices, the data processing system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory storing program instructions which when executed by the processor execute the steps of; providing a traffic reservation user interface for receiving a plurality of path selections from the plurality of user devices; responsive to predicting a traffic congestion from the plurality of user devices taking into account real-time and predicted conditions, at least one of which is selected from the group of road, traffic, and weather conditions, presenting a first set of users with a first set of route selection recommendations via the user interface; and responsive to receiving a plurality of actual routing selections from the first set of users from the user interface, adjusting the traffic prediction according to the predicted road, traffic and weather conditions and the actual routing selections, and presenting a second set of users with a second set of route selection recommendations via the user interface to reduce expected traffic congestion. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification