To provide a system that can provide traffic information to drivers of
automobiles or the like with high prediction precision. In a traffic
information management system according to the present invention, a first
processing unit 110 recognizes a transition pattern of the necessary
travel time for an automobile 20 for each unit road. A second processing
unit 120 recognizes a route including one or more unit roads by
communicating with a navigation system 200. For each unit road included
in the route, a third processing unit 130 searches for a "resembling
pattern" that resembles a "reference pattern" from a "past pattern". A
fourth processing unit 140 predicts the necessary travel time required
for the automobile to travel the route or a unit road included in the
route based on the resembling pattern. A communication processing unit
150 transmits traffic information including the predicted necessary
travel time to the navigation system 200.