Intelligently providing user-specific traffic-related information
AssigneeIII Holdings 1, LLC
InventorsStephen Haag, Carlos J. Lebrilla, Marc Rush, Linda Rolfes
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Abstract
Methods, systems and/or software for distributing transportation-related alerts to mobile devices may do so in accordance with various factors, such as device-specific and/or location-specific factors. In some variations, transportation-related alerts may be presented to the user in audio format and/or visual format. In some variations, these may be user-selectable options, and in other variations, a speed at which the mobile device is moving may be considered in determining how to present the transportation-related alerts to the user.
Claims18
A mobile device, including:
- a wireless receiver of the mobile device;
- an audio output interface of the mobile device;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores an application program, in the form of computer-executable instructions configured to cause the implementation of operations comprising:
- receiving from a remotely-located source, not physically present at the mobile device, using the wireless receiver, a transportation-related alert at the mobile device, wherein the transportation-related alert applies to a geographic location of the mobile device;
- and
- outputting the transportation-related alert in audio format, using the audio output interface, as a user-selectable option.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores an application program, in the form of computer-executable instructions configured to cause the implementation of operations comprising:
- receiving from a remotely-located source, not physically present at the mobile device, using a wireless receiver of a mobile device, a transportation-related alert at the mobile device, wherein the transportation-related alert applies to a geographic location of the mobile device;
- and
- outputting the transportation-related alert in audio format, using an audio output interface of the mobile device, as a user-selectable option.
A method of operating a mobile device, including:
- receiving from a remotely-located source, not physically present at the mobile device, using a wireless receiver of the mobile device, a transportation-related alert at the mobile device, wherein the transportation-related alert applies to a geographic location of the mobile device;
- and
- outputting the transportation-related alert in audio format, using an audio output interface of the mobile device, as a user-selectable option.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.