Meteorological workstation
First Claim
1. A workstation for analysis and manipulation of data, including graphical data, selected from a data stream from at least one source in response to user input, said workstation includinga workstation processor means for executing commands in response to said user input for manipulating said selected data,means for supplying said data to said workstation processor includinga communication adapter for receiving said data stream from said at least one source and selecting at least a portion of said data stream, andan autonomously operating processor means for maintaining a specification of data requested from said data stream by said workstation processor and controlling extraction of data from said data stream received by said communication adapter to supply said selected portion of said data stream to said workstation processor.
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Abstract
A meteorological workstation provides for editing of raw data at its input by providing intelligent control of extraction of data from one or more data streams of collected weather data. Commands by the operator to the graphics processing of a weather forecasting and numerical modelling application cause the generation of commands to a dedicated processor controlling acceptance or extraction of data. Thus, data to be processed is limited, at any given time, to the data actually needed by the meteorological workstation under user control and has the effect of allowing the workstation user to control the source of the data being collected. Intelligent direction of the selected data also allows the formation of messages and the issuance of advisories and warnings even when the workstation is unattended.
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1. A workstation for analysis and manipulation of data, including graphical data, selected from a data stream from at least one source in response to user input, said workstation including
a workstation processor means for executing commands in response to said user input for manipulating said selected data, means for supplying said data to said workstation processor including a communication adapter for receiving said data stream from said at least one source and selecting at least a portion of said data stream, and an autonomously operating processor means for maintaining a specification of data requested from said data stream by said workstation processor and controlling extraction of data from said data stream received by said communication adapter to supply said selected portion of said data stream to said workstation processor.
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17. A method of operating a workstation having a workstation processor, said method including the steps of
transmitting a data stream to a communication interface and storing said data stream therein, controlling an autonomous processor from said workstation processor to maintain a specification of data of interest requested from said data stream by said workstation processor, extracting said data of interest within said data stream stored at said communication interface by said transmitting and storing step in accordance with said specification of data of interest, and applying said data of interest extracted by said extracting step to said workstation processor.
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21. A communications interface including
means for receiving and storing a data stream from at least one source, an autonomously operating processor means for maintaining a specification of data of interest within said data stream from said at least one source and means for extracting selected data from said data stream received by said communication interface in accordance with said specification of data of interest.
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