System and method for providing personalized weather reports and the like
First Claim
1. A method for generating a personalized weather report, comprising the steps of:
- (a) establishing a user profile including a user defined location of interest;
(b) providing a personalized internet web page address to a user;
(c) generating forecast weather condition data for an area including the location of interest;
(d) generating a personalized weather forecast and weather report of forecast weather conditions at the location of interest automatically from the user profile and the forecast weather condition data; and
(e) providing the weather report so as to be accessible at the personalized Internet web page address.
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Abstract
A system and method for generating weather reports and the like which are precisely computed automatically for a particular individual user'"'"'s geographic location and which are provided automatically to the individual user. A user establishes an individualized user profile in which the user defines a particular location of interest, a contact address, and optionally, a personalized activity weather condition profile. A detailed and accurate weather forecasting model is run to provide high geographic and temporal resolution forecast data. The high resolution forecast data is compared to the individual user profile and a personalized weather report for the particular location, times, and conditions of interest are provided automatically to the individual, e.g., via e-mail and/or at a personalized internet web page. A detailed weather forecast report may be provided in an easily readable tabular form, with notable weather conditions, e.g., daily high and low temperatures, highlighted.
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1. A method for generating a personalized weather report, comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing a user profile including a user defined location of interest; (b) providing a personalized internet web page address to a user; (c) generating forecast weather condition data for an area including the location of interest; (d) generating a personalized weather forecast and weather report of forecast weather conditions at the location of interest automatically from the user profile and the forecast weather condition data; and (e) providing the weather report so as to be accessible at the personalized Internet web page address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A personalized weather report generating system, comprising:
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(a) user profile generator means for generating a user profile including a user defined location of interest and a personalized internet web page address; (b) means for providing the personalized internet web page address to a user; (c) weather forecast model data generator means for generating weather forecast model data for an area including the location of interest; (d) weather report generator means for generating a personalized weather forecast and a weather report of forecast weather conditions at the location of interest automatically from the user profile and the weather forecast model data and providing the weather report so as to be accessible at the personalized Internet web page address. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of generating a personalized weather report, comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing a user profile including a user defined location of interest; (b) generating forecast weather condition data for an area including the location of interest; and (c) generating a personalized weather forecast and weather report of forecast weather conditions at the location of interest automatically from the user profile and the forecast weather condition data, wherein the weather report of forecast weather conditions includes a tabular representation of a plurality of forecast weather conditions including forecast temperature conditions for at least each hour throughout a day, and wherein a daily forecast high temperature condition and a daily forecast low temperature condition in the tabular representation of forecast weather conditions is highlighted. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A personalized weather report generating system, comprising:
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(a) user profile generator means for generating a user profile including a user defined location of interest; (b) a weather forecast model data generator means for generating weather forecast model data for an area including the area of interest; and (c) a weather report generator means for generating a personalized weather forecast and weather report of forecast weather conditions at the location of interest automatically from the user profile and the weather forecast model data, wherein the weather report of forecast weather conditions includes a tabular representation of a plurality of forecast weather conditions including forecast temperature conditions for at least each hour throughout a day, and wherein a daily forecast high temperature condition and a daily forecast low temperature condition in the tabular representation of forecast weather conditions is highlighted. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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