Crowd sourced traffic reporting
AssigneePelmorex Canada Inc.
InventorAndre Gueziec
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Abstract
A traffic reporting service may allow for the generation of more reliable and accurate traffic reports, maps, and forecasts based on various data types and sources. Data sources include public sector sources, private entities, and end users providing crowd sourced data. Crowd sourced data is collected, verified, and used to generate a traffic report which is displayed to a user via a computing device. A user may use various information presented in the traffic report to make informed decisions when choosing travel routes and a departure time to reach a desired destination.
Claims14
A method for recommending a departure time, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a network interface:
- crowd sourced data from a user device, wherein the crowd sourced data is associated with a plurality of other users traversing a plurality of travel routes, and
- traffic data from one or more information sources, the traffic data associated with the plurality of travel routes;
- receiving, at an user interface of the user device, user input including a destination and an arrival time;
- executing instructions stored in memory, by a processor, to:
- calculate a trip time for a travel route associated with a starting point and an ending point, wherein the starting point is a real-time location of the user device and the ending point is the received destination, and wherein the trip time is based on the received arrival time, the crowd sourced data for the travel route, and the traffic data for the travel route, and
- provide the user with a recommended departure time at the user device, wherein the recommended departure time is determined based on the calculated trip time and the received arrival time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.