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DRIVING DIRECTION BASED ON WEATHER FORECASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD

  • US 20150198452A1
  • Filed: 10/20/2014
  • Published: 07/16/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A weather-based method for navigating from one location to another, the method employing a mobile computing device in communication with a server having a processor via a network, the mobile computing device comprising a computer readable memory having a processor, the method comprising:

  • by the one or more processors, receiving on the mobile computing device, a starting location on a map or an address of the starting location for a trip;

    by the one or more processors, using the starting location to collect and store, in memory, recent and current weather data for the starting location, wherein the recent weather data includes data for a recent time interval prior to a starting time of the trip, wherein said past time interval is predetermined;

    by the one or more processors, receiving on the mobile device, a destination location on a map or an address of the destination location for the trip;

    by the one or more processors, using the destination location to collect and store, in memory, recent and current weather data for the destination location, wherein the recent weather data is for a recent time interval prior to the starting time of the trip to ensure future output data is substantially real time, wherein said recent time interval for the destination location is predetermined;

    by the one or more processors, determining an in-between area that extends directly between the starting location and the destination location but only if said in-between area includes transportation routes that are usable for the trip from the starting location to the destination location;

    by the one or more processors, using the in-between area to collect and store, in memory, recent and current weather data for the in-between area, wherein the recent weather data is for a recent time interval prior to the starting time of the trip;

    wherein said recent time interval for the in-between area is predetermined;

    by the one or more processors, determining an expected movement of weather for the starting location based in part on the recent and current weather data for the starting location;

    by the one or more processors, determining an expected movement of weather for the in-between area based in part on the recent and current weather data for the in-between area;

    by the one or more processors, determining an expected movement of weather for the destination location based in part on the recent and current weather for the destination location; and

    by the one or more processors, determining an optimal route from the starting location through or around the in-between area to the destination location based in part on the expected movement of weather for the starting location, the in-between area and the destination location.

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