Patent ID: 7848880

Claim:
A computerized traffic information system adaptive to calculate an estimated travel completion time for at least a distance segment and a next distance segment, the system comprising: a processing unit; and a memory for storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processing unit executes: a first identifying component configured to identify a distance segment; a second identifying component configured to identify a start time for beginning the distance segment; a first determining component configured to determine an estimated end time for completing the distance segment, wherein estimating the end time for completing the distance segment comprises utilizing traffic information existing at the start time for beginning the distance segment, the traffic information existing at the start time for beginning the distance segment comprising a first rate of speed a first set of one or more commuters are expected to travel on the distance segment at the start time for beginning the distance segment in accordance with weather conditions and traffic incidents at the start time for beginning the distance segment; a third identifying component configured to identify a next distance segment, the next distance segment beginning at the end of the distance segment and having a start time for beginning the next distance segment equal to the estimated end time for completing the distance segment; and a second determining component configured to determine an estimated end time for completing the next distance segment, wherein estimating the end time for completing the next distance segment comprises utilizing traffic information existing at the start time for beginning the next distance segment, the traffic information existing at the start time for beginning the next distance segment comprising a second rate of speed a second set of one or more commuters are expected to travel on the distance segment at the start time for beginning the distance segment in accordance with weather conditions and traffic incidents at the start time for beginning the next distance segment.