Patent ID: 7908076
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for generating representative traffic flow information for roads to facilitate future travel, the method comprising: receiving an indication of a location on a road in a geographic area; selecting multiple time-based categories for which representative traffic flow information will be distinctly generated for the road location, the multiple time-based categories each corresponding to one or more time periods based on day-of-week and time-of-day information; selecting multiple other condition-based categories for which representative traffic flow information will be distinctly generated for the road location, the multiple condition-based categories each corresponding to at least one of multiple traffic-altering conditions that affect traffic in the geographic area; obtaining one or more prior traffic flow values for the road location at each of multiple distinct prior times, at least some of the prior traffic flow values corresponding to one or more of the multiple traffic-altering conditions; automatically generating representative traffic flow information for the road location, the automatic generating being performed by one or more configured computing systems and including: providing one or more indications of the generated representative traffic flow information for the road location for use in facilitating travel on the road at future times.