Patent ID: 8024111
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G01C

Abstract:
1. A method of recommending a travel route, the method comprising: (a) receiving an indication of a start location and a destination location, and a desired arrival time at the destination location; (b) identifying one or more road segments included in possible routes between the start location and the destination location; (c) receiving traffic data, event data, and weather data from at least one traffic data source, at least one event data source, and at least one weather data source, respectively, for the one or more road segments corresponding to a desired time of travel between the start location and the destination location, wherein the event data includes address information corresponding to expected attendees for one or more events occurring in a geographic area proximate to the one or more road segments; and (d) creating at least one suggested travel route from the start location to the destination location for arriving at the destination by the desired arrival time using the one or more road segments based on analyzing the impact of the traffic data, the event data, and the weather data on the one or more road segments during the desired time of travel between the start location and the destination location, wherein the analyzing the impact includes, at least in part, using the address information to determine a change in a number of expected travelers for the one or more road segments in the geographic area resulting from the occurrence of the one or more events.