Patent ID: 8041660

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, facilitate a method of forecasting a traffic pattern, the method comprising: at a first computing device, receiving routes information that includes indications of anticipated traffic routes that reflect potential routes that a plurality of users might traverse and are characterized by one or more of the following, (1) a geographic origination point (“origination”); (2) a geographic destination point (“destination”); and (3) timing information that describes a time of anticipated travel from said origination to said destination, identifying a roadway segment for which traffic is to be forecasted, wherein said identifying is accomplished by one or more of the following, (1) receiving a roadway-segment indication that was provided by a user, and identifying said roadway segment using said roadway-segment indication; (2) identifying said roadway segment based on said routes information; utilizing the routes information to forecast a traffic pattern associated with said roadway segment, thereby resulting in a forecasted traffic pattern; and communicating an indication of said forecasted traffic pattern to a display device that is remote from said first computing device; thereby transforming said routes information into said indication that is useable to visually present said forecasted traffic pattern.