System and method for providing personalized storm warnings
First Claim
1. A method for generating a personalized storm warning, comprising the steps of:
- (a) establishing a user profile including a user defined location of interest;
(b) receiving first weather information from a first weather information source;
(c) generating automatically a storm track of severe weather conditions from the first weather information;
(d) generating a storm warning for the user location of interest automatically from the user profile and the storm track by comparing the user defined location of interest directly to the storm track of severe weather conditions to determine whether the user defined location of interest is within the storm track and generating the personalized storm warning if the user defined location of interest is determined to be within the storm track; and
(e) providing the storm warning to [a] the user.
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Abstract
A system and method for generating storm warnings which are precisely tailored automatically for a particular individual or business user'"'"'s geographic location of interest, which may be provided automatically to the individual user or business. The user establishes an individualized user profile, in which the user may define a particular location of interest and a contact address to which a personalized storm warning is to be delivered. The user may also establish a storm profile defining attribute characteristics of a storm for which the user desires a storm warning to be provided, and an amount of advanced warning to be provided by the personalized storm warning. A detailed and accurate storm track which includes information describing storm characteristics (severe weather conditions) as well as the current location and predicted track of movement of storm, is generated. The storm track may be generated automatically from weather radar data, such as NEXRAD data, either alone, or in combination with local live weather radar information, to provide a more accurate storm track. Generated storm tracks are compared to individual user profiles. Personalized storm warnings identifying in detail the storm conditions approaching a user location of interest and arrival time information for that location of interest are generated for user profiles defining locations of interest within a predicted storm track, if the storm track characteristics of the storm meet the attribute and advance warning characteristics specified in the storm profile established by the user. The personalized storm warnings may be delivered to users via e-mail, cell phone, pager, etc.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for generating a personalized storm warning, comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing a user profile including a user defined location of interest;
(b) receiving first weather information from a first weather information source;
(c) generating automatically a storm track of severe weather conditions from the first weather information;
(d) generating a storm warning for the user location of interest automatically from the user profile and the storm track by comparing the user defined location of interest directly to the storm track of severe weather conditions to determine whether the user defined location of interest is within the storm track and generating the personalized storm warning if the user defined location of interest is determined to be within the storm track; and
(e) providing the storm warning to [a] the user. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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2. (cancelled)
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7-18. -18. (cancelled)
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19. A personalized storm warning generating system, comprising:
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(a) user profile generator means for establishing a user profile including a user defined location of interest;
(b) means for receiving first weather information from a first weather information source;
(c) storm track generator means for generating automatically a storm track of severe weather conditions from the first weather information; and
(d) storm warning generator means for generating a personalized storm warning for the user location of interest automatically from the user profile and the storm track by comparing the user defined location of interest directly to the storm track of severe weather conditions to determine whether the user defined location of interest is within the storm track and generating the personalized storm warning if the user defined location of interest is determined to be within the storm track. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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20-22. -22. (cancelled)
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28-38. -38. (cancelled)
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