Patent ID: 8725396
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G08G,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for processing traffic data, comprising: receiving traffic data by a mobile device, the traffic data originating from multiple sources, wherein the traffic data is received at least in part from crowd sourced data, a portion of the crowd sourced data originating passively through a plurality of mobile devices and another portion of the crowd sourced data originating actively from a remote user through a plurality of mobile devices, and wherein the traffic data includes incident data, traffic flow data, and media data associated with the traffic; validating the traffic data by: aggregating the traffic data and removing anomalies in the traffic data; providing traffic information to a user through an interface of the mobile device according to user criteria, wherein the user criteria includes at least a user location and at least one type of traffic information the user is interested in receiving, and wherein the traffic information is generated based on the validated traffic data; providing driving efficiency information through the interface; and updating the traffic information at a frequency based on accuracy of the traffic information and battery performance of the mobile device.