Interactive advisory system

• US 20050050008A1
• Filed: 10/14/2004
• Published: 03/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Original Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Inventors: Root, Michael R., Root, Steven A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,909,679 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/00 Meteorology
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/02 Instruments for indicating weather conditions by measuring two or more variables, e.g. humidity, pressure, temperature, cloud cover or wind speed G01W1/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/10 Devices for predicting weather conditions computers per se G06; display devices G09
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 2203/00 Real-time site-specific personalized weather information, e.g. nowcasting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1845 broadcast or multicast in a specific location, e.g. geocast protocols for adapting network applications to user terminal location H04L67/52; services specially adapted for wireless communication networks making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1877 Measures taken prior to transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 : Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 : Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A method for providing information to a plurality of vendors located remotely from a broadcast network. A plurality of user-defined parameters are received by a user input database with at least one of the user-defined parameters including a user profile. Each of the user profiles includes a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user. Real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices is received by a communicator location database. Search information is received independently from a plurality of vendors and a data set is generated for each vendor.

Claims

1. A method for providing information to a plurality of vendors located remotely from a broadcast network, comprising the steps of:

receiving a plurality of user-defined parameters by a user input database with at least one of the user-defined parameters including a user profile, each of the user profiles including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user;

receiving real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices by a communicator location database;

receiving search information independently from a plurality of vendors; and

generating a data set for each vendor.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

comparing, automatically and continuously, real-time weather data with the spatial locations of a plurality of communicator devices contained in the communicator location database to generate a plurality of individualized output signals; and

transmitting the individualized output signals to respective communicator devices.

3. The method of claim 31 wherein the communication network transmits individualized output signals to the respective communicator devices via a mobile telephone network.

4. The method of claim 31 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a mobile phone.

5. The method of claim 31 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a pager.

6. The method of claim 31 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a laptop computer.

7. The method of claim 31 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a personal digital assistant.

8. The method of claim 31, further comprising the step of outputting one of the data sets to one of the plurality of vendors.