Real-time Stadium and Sports Weather Network

• US 20080270030A1
• Filed: 04/26/2007
• Published: 10/30/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rhonda L. Copley
• Original Assignee: Rhonda L. Copley
• Inventors: Copley, Rhonda L.
• Application Number:
  US11/740,460
• Publication Number:
  US 20080270030A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/3
• 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: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A method and system for providing a real time weather information of a sports location, wherein one or more sensors access and transmit one or more real time meteorological parameters to a processing system. The processing system performs zero, one or more operations on the real time meteorological parameters to obtain the real time weather information, and transmits the real time weather information to one or more output devices.

Claims

1. A method for providing a real time weather information of a sports location, the method comprising:

accessing one or more real time meteorological parameters using one or more sensors at the sports location,

transmitting the one or more real time meteorological parameters to a processing system using a communication system based on a transmission method,

performing zero, one or more operations on the one or more real time meteorological parameters to obtain the real time weather information using the processing system, and

transmitting the real time weather information to one or more output devices.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sports location comprises one of a sports stadium or track, an indoor arena, an outdoor arena, an entertainment venue.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more meteorological parameters comprises one or more of an air temperature, a soil temperature, a water temperature, a humidity measure, a barometric pressure, a rainfall measure, a soil moisture, a wind speed, and a wind direction.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the transmission method comprises one or more of a wired communication method or a wireless communication method.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the transmission method further comprises of a unidirectional flow and a bi-directional information flow.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the transmission method further comprises a continuous transmission and a periodic transmission.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the processing system comprises one or more of a controller, a processor, and a software.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more output device comprises one or more of a web based application, a display, a cable display, an on-air broadcast and a video board.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein a content on the one or more output device varies based on one or more customers.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the performing step further comprises the processing system logging the one or more real time meteorological parameters and the real time weather information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the performing step further comprises branding the real time weather information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the performing step further comprises adding one or more advertisements to the real time weather information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more operations comprises one or more mathematical calculations.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the real time weather information comprises one or more of a heat index, a wind chill, and a vertical wind differential.

15. A system for providing a real time weather information of a sports location, the system comprising:

one or more sensors located at the sports location for accessing one or more real time meteorological parameters,

one or more processing system connected to the one or more sensors through a communication system for processing the one or more real time meteorological parameters to obtain the real time weather information, and

one or more output devices connected to the one or more processing system.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more sensors comprises a wired sensor and a wireless sensor.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more sensors comprises one or more of a electrical sensor, a mechanical sensor, a digital sensor.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the communication system comprises one of a communication channel, a network, an onboard connector.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more processing systems comprise one or more of a controller, a processor, and a software.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the one or more output devices comprise one or more of a server application, a storage device, a web based application, a display, a cable display, a on-air broadcast and a video board.