METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMICALLY PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL WEATHER INFORMATION

摘要

Methods and systems are provided for presenting contextual weather information with respect to a predetermined route of a vehicle. Routing data for a vehicle is integrated with weather data for an area to generate contextual weather information.

主权项

1. A method of presenting contextual weather information with respect to a predetermined route of a vehicle, said method comprising:
receiving routing data for the vehicle; receiving weather data for an area; automatically integrating the routing data with the weather data to generate contextual weather information; presenting the contextual weather information with respect to a predetermined route of the vehicle; presenting a route timeline with respect to a predetermined route of the vehicle, wherein the route timeline includes a first time indicator representative of a first time, wherein the vehicle is at a first position associated with a first time and a ghost time indicator representative of a second time, and wherein the ghost time indicator is movable along the route timeline to represent a relative time with respect to the first time; presenting a timer indicating a time associated with the ghost time indicator as the ghost time indicator moves along the route timeline; and displaying a first icon of the vehicle at the first position associated with the first time while simultaneously displaying a ghost icon of the vehicle at a second position associated with the second time in response to a user input that moves the ghost time indicator along the presented route timeline to the second time, wherein the first time indicator is different from the first icon and the ghost time indicator is different from the ghost icon.