INTERACTIVE WEATHER ADVISORY SYSTEM

• US 20170374522A1
• Filed: 09/07/2017
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Original Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Inventors: Root, Steven A., Root, Michael R.
• Application Number:
  US15/698,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20170374522A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to at least one of a plurality of communicator devices, comprising:

a storage device containing a plurality of user profiles each identifying a communicator device and including user-provided data related to weather output signals;

an analysis unit for receiving and comparing spatial location identifiers with the user-provided data to generate the individualized weather output signals, wherein each of the individualized weather output signals includes at least weather information about a location that is derived from the spatial location identifiers and the user-provided data, wherein the spatial location identifiers are automatically updated based on real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device; and

a communication network for receiving and then transmitting the signals to the at least one of the plurality of communicator devices identified in the plurality of user profiles.

2. The broadcast network of claim 1, wherein the user-provided data includes a spatial range identifier.

3. The broadcast network of claim 1, wherein the individualized weather output signals are transmitted to the communicator device via a mobile telephone network.

4. The broadcast network of claim 3, wherein the communicator device is a mobile phone.

5. The broadcast network of claim 3, wherein the communicator device is a pager.

6. The broadcast network of claim 3, wherein the communicator device is a laptop computer.

7. The broadcast network of claim 3, wherein the communicator device is a personal digital assistant.

8. The broadcast network of claim 1, wherein the individualized weather output signal includes a video data signal.

9. The broadcast network of claim 8, wherein the video data signal includes data for creating an animated graphic.

10. The broadcast network of claim 8, wherein the video data signal is a .wav file.

21. The broadcast network of claim 1, wherein the storage device comprises a user input database containing the plurality of user-profiles.

22. The broadcast network of claim 1, wherein the analysis unit is configured to compare the spatial location identifiers with the user-provided data upon demand of a user.

23. The broadcast network of claim 1, wherein the spatial location identifiers identify particular locations of interest to respective ones of a plurality of users.

24. The broadcast network of claim 23, wherein the locations of interest are one of or a combination of two or more of a longitude and latitude, a town, a county, an address, a zip code, and an altitude.

25. The broadcast network of claim 1, wherein the user-provided data related to weather output signals includes a time and data that the user wishes to receive information about a spatial location.

26. The broadcast network of claim 1, wherein the user-provided data related to weather output signals includes a product or service sold by a vendor.

11. A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to at least one of a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network, each of the at least one of a plurality of communicator devices having associated therewith a spatial location identifier, the broadcast network comprising:

a user input database containing a plurality of user profiles, each of the user profiles including user-provided data related to the individualized weather output signals and a user identifier code identifying a communicator device;

an analysis unit for automatically monitoring for an incoming demand from said at least one of a plurality of communicator devices and comparing the spatial location identifier with the user-provided data and with weather information to generate an individualized weather output signal for said at least one of a plurality of communication devices upon detection of the demand, wherein each of the individualized weather output signals includes at least the weather information about a location that is derived from the spatial location identifier and the user-provided data, wherein the spatial location identifiers are automatically updated based on real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device; and

a communication network for receiving and then transmitting the individualized weather output signals to the at least one of a plurality of communicator devices.

12. The broadcast network of claim 11, wherein user-provided data includes a spatial range identifier.

13. The broadcast network of claim 11, wherein the individualized weather output signals are transmitted to the communicator device via a mobile telephone network.

14. The broadcast network of claim 13, wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a mobile phone.

15. The broadcast network of claim 13, wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a pager.

16. The broadcast network of claim 13, wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a laptop computer.

17. The broadcast network of claim 13, wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a personal digital assistant.

18. The broadcast network of claim 11, wherein the individualized weather output signal includes a video data signal.

19. The broadcast network of claim 18, wherein the video data signal includes data for creating an animated graphic.

20. The broadcast network of claim 18, wherein the video data signal is a .wav file.

27. A method for providing an individualized weather signal to a user, the method comprising:

receiving location information for identifying a location or area of a communicator device;

determining a geographic area based on the location information;

receiving weather information from one or more sources;

generating an individualized weather signal based on the geographic area and the weather information, wherein the individualized weather signal includes weather information or weather forecast information; and

providing the individualized weather signal to the user a communication network for transmittal to the communicator device.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein said step of receiving location information includes receiving information identifying a real-time location of the communicator device.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein the location information is automatically updated based on real-time data indicative of the spatial location of the communicator device.

31. The method of claim 27, wherein the step of providing the individualized weather signal includes providing the individualized weather output signal at one of upon demand of the user, at user-defined intervals, or continuously.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the user-defined intervals include time intervals between about 0 minutes and about 60 minutes.

33. The method of claim 27, further comprising receiving weather data from the user or from one or more third-party sources other than the user.