Interactive User Interface for Weather Data

• US 20120150446A1
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Published: 06/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Chang, Sidney, Tang, Lifu
• Application Number:
  US13/096,119
• Publication Number:
  US 20120150446A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for providing an interactive display of predictive weather data. A graphical interface includes a graph with predictive atmospheric temperature values and predictive values for a second weather statistic. Lateral user input over a display device is received. In response a position on the graph of a visible indication of a selected time is repeatedly changed to correspond to the lateral user input. The visible indication of the selected time includes a numerical display of the selected time that repeatedly updates as the position of the visible indication of the selected time changes. A numerical display of the atmospheric temperature value and a numerical display of the value for the second weather statistic repeatedly update to correspond to the selected time.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for providing an interactive display of predictive weather data, the method comprising:

accessing a data set of predictive atmospheric temperature values for a time period, and a data set of predictive values of a second weather statistic for the time period;

displaying, by a computing device and on a display device, a graphical interface that includes;

(i) a graph with the data set of predictive atmospheric temperature values plotted to a first axis that corresponds to time and a second axis that corresponds to atmospheric temperature, and with the data set of predictive values for the second weather statistic plotted to the first axis that corresponds to time and a third axis that corresponds to the second weather statistic, the second and third axes being parallel to each other so that a line drawn perpendicular to the second axis intersects the third axis, and

(ii) a numerical display of a predictive atmospheric temperature value for a selected time and a numerical display of a predictive value for the second weather statistic for the selected time; and

receiving, by the computing device, lateral user input over a surface of the display device and the graphical interface, and in response;

(iii) repeatedly changing a position on the graph of a visible indication of the selected time to correspond to the lateral user input, wherein the visible indication of the selected time includes a numerical display of the selected time that repeatedly updates as the position of the visible indication of the selected time changes, and

(iv) repeatedly updating the numerical display of the atmospheric temperature value and the numerical display of the value for the second weather statistic to correspond to the selected time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first axis is an x-axis for the graph and the second and third axes are y-axes for the graph.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein a numerical scale for the second axis is displayed on a first side of the graph and a numerical scale for the third axis is displayed on a second side of the graph that is opposed to the first side of the graph.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the visible indication comprises a vertical line that intersects the plot for the data set of predictive atmospheric temperature values and the plot for the data set of predictive values for the second weather statistic.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein a plot for the data set of predictive atmospheric temperature values intersects a plot for the data set of predictive values for the second weather statistic.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data set of predictive atmospheric temperature values includes a predicted high temperature for the time period.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the data set of predictive atmospheric temperature values includes a predicted low temperature for the time period.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein a display of a numerical scale for the first axis includes displayed numeric times in the time period, and wherein the times for the time period that are displayed on the numerical scale do not repeatedly change position to correspond to the lateral user input that is received over the surface of the display device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second weather statistic includes predictive likelihood of precipitation.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second weather statistic includes predictive humidity.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical interface further comprises one or more numerical displays of an additional weather statistic that repeatedly updates to correspond to the selected time.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein one of the displayed additional weather statistics includes wind velocity and direction.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein one of the displayed additional weather statistics includes a textual description of a state of weather.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the textual description of a state of weather includes text selected from the group consisting of:

sunny, sun, cloudy, clouds, overcast, rainy, rain, raining, stormy, storm, storming, thunderstorm, snow, snowy, snowing, ice, icy, hail, haling, sleet, and sleeting.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein a numerical scale for the second axis and a numerical scale for the third axis are displayed, but a line running lengthwise along the second axis and a line running lengthwise along the third axis are not displayed.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the second axis and the third axis are overlapping axes.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise determining the time period by:

(a) identifying a present time, and (b) determining the predetermined time period as a time period that includes the present time and time before and after the present time.

18. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices, perform operations for providing an interactive display of predictive weather data, the operations comprising:

accessing a data set of predictive atmospheric temperature values for a time period, and a data set of predictive values of a second weather statistic for the time period;

displaying, by the computing device and on a display device, a graphical interface that includes;

(i) a graph that includes a plot of the data set of predictive atmospheric temperature values that intersects a plot of the data set of the second weather statistic, the graph having a first axis that corresponds to time and one or more other axes that correspond to atmospheric temperature and the second weather statistic, and

(ii) a numerical display of a predictive atmospheric temperature value for a selected time and a numerical display of a predictive value for the second weather statistic for the selected time; and

receiving, by the computing device, a user input that transitions across a display of the graphical interface and in response;

(iii) repeatedly changing a position on the graph of a visible indication of the selected time as the user input transitions across the display, wherein the visible indication includes a numerical display of the selected time that repeatedly updates to be consistent with a time that corresponds to the position of the visible indication of the selected time, and

(iv) repeatedly updating the numerical display of the atmospheric temperature value and the numerical display of the value for the second weather statistic to correspond to the selected time as the user input transitions across the display.

19. A method for providing an interactive display of weather data, the method comprising:

accessing a data set of atmospheric temperature values, and a data set of values of a second weather statistic;

displaying, by a computing device and on a display, a graphical interface that includes;

(i) a graph that includes a plot of the data set of atmospheric temperature values that overlaps with a plot of the data set of the second weather statistic, and

(ii) a numerical display of an atmospheric temperature value for a time selected by a user of the computing device and a numerical display of a value for the second weather statistic for the selected time; and

receiving, by the computing device, a user input that transitions across a display of the graphical interface and in response;

(iii) repeatedly changing, during the transitioning of the user input, a position on the graph of a numerical display of the selected time, wherein the numerical display of the selected time repeatedly changes in time in coordination with the transitioning of the user input, and

(iv) repeatedly updating the numerical display of the atmospheric temperature value and the numerical display of the value for the second weather statistic to correspond to the selected time as the user input transitions across the display, wherein the numerical display of the atmospheric temperature value and the numerical display of the value for the second weather statistic remain in fixed positions during the user input that transitions across the display of the graphical interface.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the second and third axes are parallel to each other so that a line drawn perpendicular to the second axis intersects the third axis.