Weather alerts
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1. A device, comprising:
- one or more sensors to detect weather data;
a network interface to receive information from a remote device, wherein the information relates to a storm condition at a location of the remote device, wherein the remote device is not a component of a weather service;
a weather band radio receiver to receive weather alert messages from the weather service; and
a processor to perform an analysis, to determine based on the analysis whether the weather data, the received information, or both indicate a dangerous storm condition, and to initiate a first alert in a first condition, wherein the first alert is not initiated in a second condition, wherein the first condition corresponds to the weather alert message having been received and the analysis indicating the dangerous storm condition, and wherein the second condition corresponds the weather alert message having been received and the analysis not indicating the dangerous storm condition.
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Abstract
Systems and methods to generate weather alerts are provided. A particular system includes one or more sensors to detect weather data. The system also includes a weather band radio receiver to receive weather alert messages. The system also includes a processor to perform an analysis of the weather data, to determine based on the analysis whether the weather data indicates a dangerous storm condition, and to initiate a first alert when the analysis indicates the dangerous storm condition and a weather alert message has been received. The first alert is not initiated when the weather alert message is received and the analysis does not indicate the dangerous storm condition.
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1. A device, comprising:
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one or more sensors to detect weather data; a network interface to receive information from a remote device, wherein the information relates to a storm condition at a location of the remote device, wherein the remote device is not a component of a weather service; a weather band radio receiver to receive weather alert messages from the weather service; and a processor to perform an analysis, to determine based on the analysis whether the weather data, the received information, or both indicate a dangerous storm condition, and to initiate a first alert in a first condition, wherein the first alert is not initiated in a second condition, wherein the first condition corresponds to the weather alert message having been received and the analysis indicating the dangerous storm condition, and wherein the second condition corresponds the weather alert message having been received and the analysis not indicating the dangerous storm condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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sensing weather data; monitoring a weather radio band; receiving information from a remote device, wherein the information relates to a storm condition at a location of the remote device, wherein the remote device is not a component of a weather service; performing an analysis of the weather data and the received information to determine based on the analysis whether the weather data, the received information, or both indicate a dangerous storm condition; and determining whether to initiate an alert based on the analysis, wherein a first alert is generated in a first condition and the first alert is not generated in a second condition, wherein the first condition corresponds to the analysis indicating the dangerous storm condition and a weather alert message having been received, wherein the second condition corresponds to the weather alert message having been received and the analysis not indicating the dangerous storm condition. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device comprising:
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one or more sensors to detect weather data; a weather band radio receiver to receive weather alert messages; a vote processing component to determine whether to generate a particular alert based on alert information received from two or more other devices, wherein first alert information received from a closer device is weighted more heavily than second alert information received from a more distant device; and a processor to perform an analysis of the weather data, to determine based on the analysis whether the weather data indicates a dangerous storm condition, and to initiate a first alert in a first condition, wherein the first alert is not initiated in a second condition, wherein the first condition corresponds to the analysis indicating the dangerous storm condition and a weather alert message having been received, and the second condition corresponds to the weather alert message having been received and the analysis not indicating the dangerous storm condition. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method comprising:
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sensing weather data; monitoring a weather radio band; receiving alert information from two or more remote devices; performing an analysis of the weather data and the alert information received from the two or more remote devices, wherein first alert information received from a closer device is weighted more heavily for the analysis than second alert information received from a more distant device; determining based on the analysis whether a dangerous storm condition is indicated; and determining a particular alert to be generated when the dangerous storm condition is indicated. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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