Patent ID: 8386168
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A method performed by one or more server devices, the method comprising: collecting, by the one or more server devices, real-time geographic location and traveling speed data from a plurality of mobile devices when the plurality of mobile devices is located within an area of potential traffic congestion; storing, by the one or more server devices, a congestion factor, associated with the area of potential traffic congestion, based on the collected geographic location and traveling speed data, receiving, from a particular mobile device, a request for traffic information, identifying, by the one or more server devices, information regarding the area of potential traffic congestion based on the information identifying the current geographic location and the destination geographic location; and providing, by the one or more server devices and based on receiving the request for traffic information, information regarding the congestion factor, associated with the area of potential traffic congestion, to the particular mobile device to enable the particular mobile device to generate navigational directions, between the current geographic location and the destination geographic location, based on the congestion factor.