Patent ID: 8855905
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G01C,G01S,G06F,G06N,G06Q,G08G,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium that, when executing 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; indentifying 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; identifying a request for route information received from a user's cell phone, wherein the requested route information has a proximal association to at least one of the first location, the second location, or the route in proximity to the first and second locations; and presenting an alert to the user's cell phone based at least in part on the real-time traffic condition measure.