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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2007
Tommy Allen Stehle, Kansas City, MO (US);
Christopher James Simon, Shawnee, KS (US);
Terrence Matthew Palloto, Kansas City, MO (US);
Michael Richard Ostrom, Blue Springs, MO (US);
Tommy Allen Stehle, Kansas City, MO (US);
Christopher James Simon, Shawnee, KS (US);
Terrence Matthew Palloto, Kansas City, MO (US);
Michael Richard Ostrom, Blue Springs, MO (US);
HNTB Holdings Ltd., Kansas City, MO (US);
Abstract
Travel-demand forecasting methods are described for predicting traffic volume based, at least in part, on user-entered data in the form of origin/destination data pairs, user preferences, demographic data and other types of socioeconomic data. This data can source a prediction algorithm or be used to calibrate or more make accurate a current algorithm. Methods and systems are described for, among other things, optimizing traffic predictions, forecasting traffic patterns using user-assigned trip patterns, associating rich attribute information to navigation routes, exposing personal-logistic information to a group, communicating traffic-situation-generated alerts based on user information, optimizing a presentation of user-defined traffic routes, and presenting location indications based on proximity (temporal or geographical).