Interactive advisory system

• US 20060161469A1
• Filed: 01/14/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Original Assignee: WeatherBank, Inc. (Accuweather Incorporated)
• Inventors: Root, Michael R., Root, Steven A.
• Application Number:
  US11/035,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20060161469A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/00 Meteorology
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0205 Location or geographical consideration

Abstract

A method for transmitting individualized real-time work assignments to a plurality of employees located remotely from a broadcast network. An analysis unit compares user profiles, dynamic locations stored in the communicator location database, fixed locations, and job assignments entered into the analysis unit. A data set of at least one individualized work assignment is generated and the individualized work assignment is transmitted to the employee via the employee'"'"'s communicator device. A method of generating individualized real-time weather and environmental data including the steps of receiving a plurality of user profiles with at least two of the user profiles identifying communicator devices, designated locations and identifications of pre-determined weather and environmental sensors associated with the designated locations, analyzing a weather and environmental information database as well as sensor data from the pre-determined weather and environmental sensors to generate individualized weather output signals and transmitting the weather and environmental output signals to communicator devices identified in the user profiles.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting individualized real-time work assignments to a plurality of employees located remotely from a broadcast network, comprising the steps of:

inputting employee user-profile criteria into an analysis unit;

inputting work assignment criteria into the analysis unit;

matching the employee user-profile criteria with the work assignment criteria to generate a data set of at least one individualized work assignment; and

transmitting the individualized work assignment to an employee based upon the matching of the work assignment criteria with the employee user-profile.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the employee user-profile criteria is input into an employer communicator device.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the employer communicator device is selected from the group consisting of a computer, a personal digital assistant, a cellular phone, and a combination personal digital assistant/cellular phone.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the data set include at least two of the employee user-profile criteria and the work assignment criteria, the method further comprising the step of:

an employer assigning the work assignment to the employee based upon the results matching the employee user-profile criteria with the work assignment criteria.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the data set include at least two of the employee user-profile criteria and the work assignment criteria, the method further comprising the step of:

the analysis unit assigning the work assignment to the employee based upon the results matching the employee user-profile criteria with the work assignment criteria.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the individualized work assignment is transmitted to the employee via an employee communicator device.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the employee communicator device is selected from the group consisting of a personal digital assistant, a cellular phone, a combination personal digital assistant/cellular phone, and a pager.

8. A method of generating individualized real-time weather and environmental data, comprising the steps of:

receiving a plurality of user profiles with at least two of the user profiles identifying communicator devices, designated locations and identifications of pre-determined weather and environmental sensors associated with the designated locations;

analyzing a weather and environmental information database as well as sensor data from the pre-determined weather and environmental sensors to generate individualized weather and environmental output signals; and

transmitting the weather and environmental output signals to communicator devices identified in the user profiles.