Patent ID: 9620007
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G01C,G08G

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of generating and outputting an expected average speed of travel across a segment of a plurality of segments of an electronic map, the electronic map being representative of a network in an area covered by the electronic map, wherein each of the plurality of segments of the electronic map represent a navigable segment of the network, and wherein each of the plurality of segments of the electronic map have associated therewith: an expected average speed of travel across the segment determined using historic travel data; at least one jam probability indicative of the likelihood of a jam on the segment determined using at least historic travel data; and a jam speed, the jam speed being indicative of a speed along the segment when the segment is considered jammed, the method comprising: using, by at least one processor of a server, at least a stored jam probability for a segment of the electronic map to predict whether a jam condition exists on a corresponding navigable segment of the network; outputting, to at least one computing device, the expected average speed of travel across the segment of the electronic map as: