Determining a current position of a vehicle in real-time

A computer program product for locating a moving vehicle, the computer program product including at least one computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by at least one processor to cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

• determining, at a server, driving information associated with a vehicle that is moving, wherein the driving information includes pattern information associated with past movement of the vehicle;
• periodically receiving reported vehicle probe information from the vehicle, wherein the reported vehicle probe information includes a current location of the vehicle;
• acquiring context information on surroundings of the vehicle if no reported vehicle probe information is received from the vehicle for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the context information comprises one or more of a current traffic speed, traffic congestion information, and traffic light information;
• and
• generating estimation vehicle probe information associated with the vehicle based on the context information, wherein the estimation vehicle probe information includes one or more candidate locations of the vehicle.

A system comprising:

• comprising at least one processor and a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by the first processor to cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
• determining, at a server, driving information associated with a vehicle that is moving, wherein the driving information includes pattern information associated with past movement of the vehicle;
• periodically receiving reported vehicle probe information from the vehicle, wherein the reported vehicle probe information includes a current location of the vehicle;
• acquiring context information on surroundings of the vehicle if no reported vehicle probe information is received from the vehicle for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the context information comprises one or more of a current traffic speed, traffic congestion information, and traffic light information;
• and
• generating estimation vehicle probe information associated with the vehicle based on the context information, wherein the estimation vehicle probe information includes one or more candidate locations of the vehicle.