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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Alan Balasundaram, Renton, WA (US);
Kevin Foreman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rajiv Nandivada, Bothell, WA (US);
Ka Wang Yee, Renton, WA (US);
Alan Balasundaram, Renton, WA (US);
Kevin Foreman, Sammamish, WA (US);
Rajiv Nandivada, Bothell, WA (US);
Ka Wang Yee, Renton, WA (US);
INRIX, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Abstract
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for forecasting traffic and concurrently presenting images of forecasted traffic are disclosed to facilitate more efficient departure and/or navigation by providing an outlook of anticipated traffic flow for an area and/or a route (e.g., associated with an origin and destination), for example. A predicted traffic pattern and/or associated navigation may be provided and/or generated based upon traffic data (e.g., historical traffic data, current traffic data, and/or predicted traffic data). Additionally, a suggested departure time may be provided to mitigate travel time to and/or from a destination, for example. Accepted suggestions may be associated with predicted traffic data to update predicted traffic patterns (e.g., predicted traffic data) thereafter. Accordingly, travelers may be provided with traffic forecasting to enable more desirable travel experiences (e.g., shorter travel times).