Patent ID: 8457871
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: G01C,G01S,G06F,G06N,G06Q,G08G,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium that, when executed on one or more computers, performs the steps of: Step One: identifying a first location, at time one, of a plurality of automobiles using cell phone tower triangulation to locate a cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles; identifying a second location, at a time two, subsequent to time one, for each of the plurality of automobiles using cell phone tower triangulation to locate the cell phone within each of the plurality of automobiles; calculating a vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles using the first location at time one and the second location at time two; using the calculated vehicle speed for each of the plurality of automobiles to create a traffic condition measure for a route in proximity to the first and second locations; Step Two: iteratively performing Step One, in real-time, at a time interval to calculate a real-time traffic condition measure; receiving a signal from a user's cell phone at a cell phone tower indicating that a user has entered a geographic location; and presenting the real-time traffic condition measure to a display of the user's cell phone, wherein the presented real-time traffic condition measure is selected from a plurality of real-time traffic conditions measures based at least in part on the presented real-time traffic condition measure containing traffic data relating to a geographic area in proximity to the user's geographic location.