Patent ID: 7174154

Claim:
An information system for providing information to an operator of a motor vehicle, comprising: an input system for establishing a destination location of the motor vehicle; a positioning system for establishing a current position of the motor vehicle; a routing system in two-way communication with at least one traffic control system via a two-way communications network, the at least one traffic control system being external to the motor vehicle, the routing system for automatically determining, without operator input, a planned route as a function of the destination location and the current position, for sending the planned route to at least one traffic control system over a two-way communications network and responsively receiving information relating to a factor, established as a function of the planned route, which may delay travel over the planned route, establishing a new current positions, responsively determining if the planned route needs to be modified and automatically determining an alternate route as a function of the factor, the destination location, and the new current position and sending the alternate route to the at least one traffic control system over the two-way communications network, if the planned route needs to be modified.