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Portable weather indicating device and method

  • US 6,297,766 B1
  • Filed: 01/22/1999
  • Issued: 10/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A portable weather indicating device, comprising:

  • a processor;

    a wireless communication link coupled to the processor for receiving weather data from a source identified by at least one uniform resource locator (URL) accessible by the processor and for transferring the weather data to the processor;

    a global location device coupled to the processor for determining the location of the portable weather indicator;

    a display coupled to the processor, the display receiving data from the processor that includes at least one graphical weather image, the graphical weather image indicating;

         1) the location of the portable weather indicator as determined from the global location device; and

         2) a graphical representation of the weather data; and

    a housing that contains the processor, the wireless communication link, the global location device, and the display, the housing having dimensions that allow a person to hold the housing in one hand.

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