Intelligently Providing User-Specific Transportation-Related Information
AssigneeIII Holdings 1, LLC
InventorsStephen Haag, Carlos J. Lebrilla, Marc Rush, Linda Rolfes
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Abstract
A method, system, and medium are provided for distributing transportation alerts to computing devices in accordance with factors, such as device-specific and location-specific factors. In embodiments of the present invention, travel alerts, including public alerts associated with certain areas, are formatted or held prior to delivery, based on safety concerns, legal requirements, device settings, or other considerations.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method of distributing an alert, the method comprising:
- receiving traffic-related information at a server, wherein the traffic-related information relates to a particular location;
- determining at the server, based on route information obtained from a vehicle, that the vehicle is eligible to receive an alert that is based on the traffic-related information;
- and
- creating an alert based on the traffic-related information and distributing the alert to the vehicle;
- wherein the particular location is further along the route than the vehicle's location.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon configured to cause the implementation of operations comprising:
- receiving, at a server, information related to a particular location;
- determining, at the server based on route information obtained from a mobile device, that the mobile device is eligible to receive an alert that is based on the information related to the particular location;
- and
- creating an alert based on the information related to the particular location and communicating the alert to the mobile device;
- wherein the particular location is further along the route than the mobile device's location.
A traffic-related information distribution system, comprising:
- a receiving component of the system configured to receive information related to a particular location;
- a distribution-decision engine of the system, configured to determine at the server, based on route information obtained from a vehicle, that the vehicle is eligible to receive an alert that is based on the information related to the particular location;
- and
- an alert constructor configured to construct an alert based on the information related to the particular location;
- and
- a management server configured to distribute the alert to the vehicle;
- wherein the particular location is further along the route than the vehicle's location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.