Patent ID: 9539901
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60Q,B60W,G01C,G08B,G08G

Claim:
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, 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.