Patent ID: 8340648

Claim:
A system for providing travel-related information, comprising: a database configured to store subscriber information associated with at least one access device; and a control device configured to: receive a communication from the access device, the communication including: a request for travel-related information, the travel-related information being associated with the location of the access device at the time the communication was initiated; a code to identify the communication as a request for access to the database containing the travel-related information; and information that identifies the access device; determine whether the access device is entitled to receive the travel-related information based on the subscriber information stored in the database; if the access device is entitled to receive the travel-related information: prompt the access device for selection of a method to determine the location of the access device, wherein the location of the access device is determined according to the selected method, over a range of times, and wherein a direction of travel of the access device is determined by extrapolating the location of the access device over the range of times; and send the travel-related information, including data related to the determined location of the access device and the determined direction of travel of the access device, to the access device, wherein the travel-related information comprises content including weather related to the determined location of the access device and weather related to the determined direction of travel of the access device.