Patent ID: 8831874

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for determining a time spent in an intersection, the method comprising: identifying an intersection area for an intersection associated with a set of location signals for a device; identifying a first approaching location signal and a second approaching location signal from the set of location signals, wherein the first approaching location signal is outside of the intersection area and the second approaching location signal is within the intersection area; identifying a first departing location signal and a second departing location signal from the set of location signals, wherein the first departing location signal is within the intersection area and the second departing location signal is outside of the intersection area; determining, using a processor, a first amount of time a user spent traveling from an entrance point of the intersection area to the second approaching location signal based on a speed of travel between the first approaching location signal and the second approaching location signal; determining, using the processor, a second amount of time the user spent traveling from the second approaching location signal to the first departing location signal; determining, using the processor, a third amount of time the user spent traveling from the first departing location signal to an exit point of the intersection area based on a speed of travel between the first departing location signal and the second departing location signal; and determining, using the processor, a time spent in the intersection based on the first amount of time, the second amount of time, and the third amount of time.