Patent ID: 8577600

Claim:
A navigation system for providing traffic information, the navigation system comprising: one or more processors; a display communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; a first pre-defined location of interest stored in the one or more memory modules; and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory modules that cause the navigation system to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: present, automatically, a traffic location selection input control on the display, wherein the traffic location selection input control comprises a first traffic location icon associated with the first pre-defined location of interest; detect a tactile input indicative of a selection of the first traffic location icon; and provide, automatically, traffic information pertaining to the first pre-defined location of interest on the display in response to detecting the tactile input indicative of the selection of the first traffic location icon.