Patent ID: 7375649

Claim:
A system for identifying a fastest possible travel route, comprising: a traveler data processor configured to collect traffic speed data and associate the traffic speed data with a plurality of road segments, the plurality of road segments collectively representing one or more possible travel routes from a start point to an end point; a forecast engine configured to determine a predicted travel time for each of the plurality of road segments based on at least the traffic speed data for each of the plurality of road segments; and a routing engine configured to determine the fastest possible travel route from the start point to the end point, wherein the fastest possible travel route is the possible travel route from the one or more possible travel routes with the shortest predicted travel time, and wherein the routing engine is further configured to determine whether the predicted travel time for the fastest possible travel route exceeds a threshold based on the forecast engine subsequently calculating a predicted travel time for the fastest possible travel route based on at least real-time traffic speed data collected by the traveler data processor.