Generation and distribution of personalized multimedia natural phenomenological information
First Claim
1. A method for generating and distributing personalized natural phenomena information comprising:
- receiving natural phenomena data from a source;
receiving a current geographic location of a wireless device from the wireless device;
receiving predetermined criteria for selecting natural phenomena data from the wireless device, wherein the predetermined criteria comprises information that describes personal preference data of a subscriber employing the wireless device;
selecting a portion of the natural phenomena data based on the predetermined criteria and geographic location of the wireless device; and
transmitting the portion to the wireless device.
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Abstract
Natural-phenomenological information is personalized to the unique requirements of a subscriber and distributed to the subscriber. Natural-phenomenological data is gathered from a variety of sources, such as current ground observations, forecast conditions, satellite images, and radar data. Personal preferences of the subscribers are also gathered and stored, such as activities of the subscriber, geographic locations of the activities, sensitivities of the subscriber to natural-phenomenological conditions, calendar information of the subscriber, and modes of delivery. The personal preferences of the subscriber are used as a filter to identify the natural-phenomenological data that is particularly useful to the subscriber, and the resulting information is delivered to the subscriber. The subscriber identifies the destination device that the information is delivered to. The invention is extensible to support new sources of natural-phenomenological information and new output devices. Electronic delivery of the personalized natural-phenomenological information can be through any number of a variety of output mediums, including pagers, text to voice synthesizers to create an audio stream for playback either via a telephone or a personal digital assistant (PDA), a multimedia-enabled computer, email, computer display monitors, PDA, and a PCS phone.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for generating and distributing personalized natural phenomena information comprising:
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receiving natural phenomena data from a source; receiving a current geographic location of a wireless device from the wireless device; receiving predetermined criteria for selecting natural phenomena data from the wireless device, wherein the predetermined criteria comprises information that describes personal preference data of a subscriber employing the wireless device; selecting a portion of the natural phenomena data based on the predetermined criteria and geographic location of the wireless device; and transmitting the portion to the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computerized system for generating and distributing personalized natural phenomena information, comprising:
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a receiver of natural phenomena data; a receiver of a current geographic location of a wireless device and predetermined criteria for selection of natural phenomena data, wherein the predetermined criteria comprises personal preference data of a subscriber and both the current geographic location and predetermined criteria are received from the wireless device; a selector of the portion of the natural phenomena data based on the predetermined criteria and the current geographic location of the wireless device, communicatively connected to the receiver of natural phenomena data and the receiver of current geographic location and predetermined criteria; and at least one transmitter communicatively connected between the selector and at least one destination device, the transmitter operable to transmit the selected natural phenomena data to the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A weather system comprising:
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a wireless device operable to transmit its current geographic location; and a server including; a receiver operable to receive natural phenomena data from a source and to receive the current geographic location of the wireless device from the wireless device; a memory operable to store the received natural phenomena data; and a processor operable to select a portion of the natural phenomena data based on the geographic location of the wireless device for transmission to the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for generating and distributing personalized natural phenomena information comprising:
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receiving natural phenomena data from a source; receiving a current geographic location of a wireless device from the wireless device; selecting a portion of the natural phenomena data based on the geographic location of the wireless device; and delivering the selected portion to the wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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