Combined personalized traffic and weather report and alert system and method
First Claim
1. A method for generating a combined traffic and weather report presentation, comprising:
- a) providing weather conditions for a selected time period for a geographic area including at least one defined travel route;
b) providing traffic conditions along the defined travel route for the selected time period; and
c) generating a combined traffic and weather presentation displaying simultaneously a representation of the weather conditions and a representation of the traffic conditions along the defined travel route for the selected time period, wherein the combined traffic and weather presentation includes a geographic map background of an area including the defined travel route, a representation of the weather conditions for the defined travel route overlaid on the geographic map background, and a representation of the traffic conditions for the defined travel route overlaid simultaneously on the geographic map background, wherein the representation of the weather conditions is selected from the group of weather presentation formats consisting of weather condition color contours and weather condition icons, and wherein the representation of the traffic conditions is selected from the group of traffic presentation formats consisting of colors indicating travel speeds along the defined travel route and traffic affecting condition icons.
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Abstract
A system and method for generating and delivering to users combined personalized traffic and weather report and alerts including forecast traffic and weather conditions. A user defines a travel route of interest and alert conditions. Based on current weather information, weather forecast information, current traffic information, and forecast traffic conditions a combined traffic and weather report for the user specified route is generated and delivered to the user via the internet and/or a wireless communications channel. The combined report may include a graphic display on a map background showing traffic conditions with a graphic representation of weather conditions overlaid thereon along with a tabular representation of traffic and weather conditions including forecast traffic and weather conditions for a plurality of future time periods. Alerts are generated and delivered when the traffic and weather alert conditions are satisfied.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for generating a combined traffic and weather report presentation, comprising:
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a) providing weather conditions for a selected time period for a geographic area including at least one defined travel route; b) providing traffic conditions along the defined travel route for the selected time period; and c) generating a combined traffic and weather presentation displaying simultaneously a representation of the weather conditions and a representation of the traffic conditions along the defined travel route for the selected time period, wherein the combined traffic and weather presentation includes a geographic map background of an area including the defined travel route, a representation of the weather conditions for the defined travel route overlaid on the geographic map background, and a representation of the traffic conditions for the defined travel route overlaid simultaneously on the geographic map background, wherein the representation of the weather conditions is selected from the group of weather presentation formats consisting of weather condition color contours and weather condition icons, and wherein the representation of the traffic conditions is selected from the group of traffic presentation formats consisting of colors indicating travel speeds along the defined travel route and traffic affecting condition icons. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for generating a combined traffic and weather report presentation, comprising:
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a) providing a user profile including a user defined travel route; b) providing weather conditions for a selected time period for a geographic area including the user defined travel route; c) providing traffic conditions along the user defined travel route for the selected time period; and d) generating a combined traffic and weather presentation displaying simultaneously a representation of the weather conditions and a representation of the traffic conditions along the user defined travel route for the selected time period, wherein the selected time period is a future time period, the weather conditions are forecast weather conditions, and the traffic conditions are forecast traffic conditions, and comprising additionally; a) deriving from the user profile and the forecast weather conditions a weather forecast for at least one point along the user defined travel route for the at least one future time period; and b) deriving from the user profile and the forecast traffic conditions a traffic forecast for the user defined travel route for the at least one future time period; and
wherein generating the combined traffic and weather forecast presentation includes generating a combined traffic and weather forecast presentation displaying simultaneously the weather forecast and the traffic forecast for the user defined travel route for the at least one future time period. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for generating a combined traffic and weather report presentation, comprising:
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a) providing a user profile including a user defined travel route; b) providing a forecast of weather conditions for a plurality of future time periods for a geographic area including the user defined travel route; c) providing a forecast of traffic conditions along the user defined travel route for the plurality of future time periods; d) deriving from the user profile and the forecast weather conditions a weather forecast for at least one point along the user defined travel route for the plurality of future time periods; e) deriving from the user profile and the forecast traffic conditions a traffic forecast for the user defined travel route for the plurality of future time periods; and f) generating a combined traffic and weather forecast presentation displaying simultaneously a representation of the weather forecast and a representation of the traffic forecast along the user defined travel route for the plurality of future time periods. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for generating a traffic and weather alert, comprising:
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a) providing a user profile including a user defined travel route and traffic and weather alert conditions; b) providing weather conditions for a selected time period for a geographic area including the user defined travel route; c) providing traffic conditions along the user defined travel route for the selected time period; d) generating a traffic and weather alert if the weather conditions and traffic conditions satisfy the user defined traffic and weather alert conditions; and e) delivering the traffic and weather alert to a user contact address. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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