IP Library Granted Patent US 10,062,280
Granted Patent B2
US 10,062,280 · App. 15/122,720 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Traffic news interface

Inventors: Vu Nguyen (Redmond, WA); Sergei Tuterov (Seattle, WA); Ka Wang Yee (Renton, WA)
Assignee: INRIX INC.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,062,280
App. No.
15/122,720
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing a traffic news interface. For example, a traffic news provider component may query traffic camera data and/or traffic incident data to identify traffic cameras and/or traffic incidents along a route of a driver. The traffic cameras and/or the traffic incidents may be ranked based upon a safety metric, a travel time sensitivity metric, an alternative route selection metric, a driving behavior pattern, a driver mood, a distance of a traffic camera or traffic incident from a current user location, and/or other information used to determine how relevant information from the traffic camera and/or a traffic incident is to this particular driver. A subset of traffic cameras and/or traffic incidents may be selected for inclusion within a traffic news interface based upon camera relevancy rankings and/or incident relevancy rankings.

Claims (80)

1. A system for providing a traffic news interface, comprising:

a traffic news provider component configured to:

identify a route of a driver from a starting location to a destination location;

identify a current driver location of the driver along the route;

query traffic camera data to identify a set of traffic cameras located along the route between the current driver location and the destination location;

assign camera relevancy rankings to traffic cameras within the set of traffic cameras;

select a subset of traffic cameras from the set of traffic cameras based upon the camera relevancy rankings;

construct a traffic news interface populated with a route interface of the route and one or more traffic camera interfaces configured to display video streams associated with the subset of traffic cameras; and

display the traffic news interface through a device associated with the driver.

2. The system of claim 1 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

query traffic incident data to identify a set of traffic incident reports associated with locations along the route between the current driver location and the destination location;

assign incident relevancy rankings to traffic incident reports within the set of traffic incident reports;

select a subset of traffic incident reports from the set of incident reports based upon the incident relevancy rankings; and

include the subset of traffic incident reports within the traffic news interface.

3. The system of claim 1 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

query traffic condition data to identify a current traffic condition for the route;

query a map provider to obtain a map of the route;

populate the map with the route based upon the current traffic condition; and

include the map within the traffic news interface.

4. The system of claim 2 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

assign at least one of a camera relevancy ranking or an incident relevancy ranking based upon a safety metric.

5. The system of claim 2 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

assign at least one of a camera relevancy ranking or an incident relevancy ranking based upon a travel time sensitivity metric.

6. The system of claim 2 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

assign at least one of a camera relevancy ranking or an incident relevancy ranking based upon an alternative route selection metric.

7. The system of claim 2 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

evaluate vehicle telemetry of a vehicle driven by the driver to determine a driving behavior pattern; and

assign at least one of a camera relevancy ranking or an incident relevancy ranking based upon the driving behavior pattern.

8. The system of claim 2 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

evaluate at least one of social network data of the driver, gaze tracking information of the driver, or driver feedback to determine a driver mood; and

assign at least one of a camera relevancy ranking or an incident relevancy ranking based upon the driver mood.

9. The system of claim 2 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

assign at least one of a camera relevancy ranking or an incident relevancy ranking based upon a distance of a traffic camera or a traffic incident from the current user location.

10. The system of claim 1 , the traffic news provider component configured to: populate the one or more traffic camera interfaces within a horizontal scroll interface of the traffic news interface.

11. The system of claim 2 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

populate the subset of traffic incident reports within a vertical scroll interface of the traffic news interface.

12. The system of claim 1 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

identify a new traffic incident;

determine an impact of the new traffic incident on a commute of the driver along the route; and

responsive to the impact of the new traffic incident exceeding a threshold, provide a push notification to the device of the new traffic incident.

13. The system of claim 1 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

populate a traffic incident report interface with at least one of a delay for the driver based upon a traffic incident, a backup length caused by the traffic incident, a user that reported the traffic incident, or a description of the traffic incident.

14. The system of claim 1 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

identify a new driver location of the driver;

query the traffic camera data to identify an updated set of traffic cameras based upon the new driver location;

assign new camera relevancy rankings to traffic cameras within the updated set of traffic cameras;

select an updated subset of traffic cameras from the updated set of traffic cameras based upon the new camera relevancy rankings; and

associate the one or more traffic camera interfaces with the updated subset of traffic cameras.

15. The system of claim 2 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

identify a new driver location of the driver;

query the traffic incident data to identify an updated set of traffic incident reports based upon the new driver location;

assign new incident relevancy rankings to traffic incident reports within the updated set of traffic incident reports;

select an updated subset of traffic incident reports from the updated set of traffic incident reports based upon the new incident relevancy rankings; and

replace the subset of traffic incident reports within the traffic news interface with the updated subset of traffic incident reports.

16. The system of claim 2 , the traffic news provider component configured to:

evaluate at least one of the subset of traffic incident reports or traffic condition data for the route to identify an alternative route; and

populate the traffic news interface with the alternative route.

17. A method for providing a traffic news interface, comprising:

identifying a route of a driver from a starting location to a destination location;

identifying a current driver location of the driver along the route;

querying traffic incident data to identify a set of traffic incident reports associated with locations along the route between the current driver location and the destination location;

assigning incident relevancy rankings to traffic incident reports within the set of traffic incident reports;

selecting a subset of traffic incident reports from the set of incident reports based upon the incident relevancy rankings;

constructing a traffic news interface populated with a route interface of the route and the subset of traffic incident reports; and

displaying the traffic news interface through a device associated with the driver.

18. The method of claim 17 , comprising:

querying traffic camera data to identify a set of traffic cameras located along the route between the current driver location and the destination location;

assigning camera relevancy rankings to traffic cameras within the set of traffic cameras;

selecting a subset of traffic cameras from the set of traffic cameras based upon the camera relevancy rankings; and

populating the traffic news interface with one or more traffic camera interfaces configured to display video streams associated with the subset of traffic cameras.

19. The method of claim 18 , comprising:

assigning at least one of a camera relevancy ranking or an incident relevancy ranking based upon at least one of a safety metric, a time-sensitivity metric, or an alternative route selection metric.

20. A computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed perform a method for providing a traffic news interface, comprising:

identifying a route of a driver from a starting location to a destination location;

identifying a current driver location of the driver along the route;

querying traffic camera data to identify a set of traffic cameras located along the route between the current driver location and the destination location;

assigning camera relevancy rankings to traffic cameras within the set of traffic cameras;

selecting a subset of traffic cameras from the set of traffic cameras based upon the camera relevancy rankings;

constructing a traffic news interface populated with a route interface of the route and one or more traffic camera interfaces configured to display video streams associated with the subset of traffic cameras; and

displaying the traffic news interface through a device associated with the driver.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2023
From: RUNWAY GROWTH FINANCE CORP. (F/K/A RUNWAY GROWTH CREDIT FUND INC.)
To: INRIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 064159/0320 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2019
From: INRIX, INC.
To: RUNWAY GROWTH CREDIT FUND INC.
Reel/Frame 049879/0427 →
Continuity (2)
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