Interactive weather advisory system

• US 9,668,091 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2015
• Issued: 05/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Original Assignee: Locator IP LP
• Inventors: Root, Michael R., Root, Steven A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Arjomandi, Noosha
• Application Number:
  US14/801,555
• Publication Number:
  US 20160029159A1
• Time in Patent Office: 684 Days
• Field of Search: 707791
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/00 Meteorology
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/02 Instruments for indicating weather conditions by measuring two or more variables, e.g. humidity, pressure, temperature, cloud cover or wind speed G01W1/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 1/10 Devices for predicting weather conditions computers per se G06; display devices G09
• CPC Class Codes: G01W 2203/00 Real-time site-specific personalized weather information, e.g. nowcasting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0256 User search
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1845 broadcast or multicast in a specific location, e.g. geocast protocols for adapting network applications to user terminal location H04L67/52; services specially adapted for wireless communication networks making use of the location of users or terminals H04W4/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1877 Measures taken prior to transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/189 in combination with wireless systems selective distribution or broadcast in wireless communication networks H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 : Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 : Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A method for providing information to a plurality of vendors located remotely from a broadcast network. A plurality of user-defined parameters are received by a user input database with at least one of the user-defined parameters including a user profile. Each of the user profiles includes a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user. Real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices is received by a communicator location database. Search information is received independently from a plurality of vendors and a data set is generated for each vendor.

Claims

1. A communicator device, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory;

a communicator location resource that outputs data indicative of the real-time spatial location of the communicator device to a communication network for transmittal to a communicator location database, the communicator location resource repeatedly outputting real-time data indicative of the real-time spatial location of the communicator device to reflect an updated spatial location of the communicator device;

a user input resource that outputs user input to the communication network for transmittal to a user input database containing a user profile identifying the communicator device;

a receiver that receives an individualized weather output signal generated based on a comparison of the spatial location of the communicator device with real-time weather data; and

an output device that outputs an individualized weather output signal to a user.

2. The communicator device of claim 1, wherein the communicator device is a bidirectional communicator device, a portable device, a mobile telephone, a smart phone, a pager, a personal digital assistant, a computer, or a laptop computer.

3. The communicator device of claim 1, wherein the communication network comprises a mobile phone network, the Internet, a satellite network, or a radio frequency network.

4. The communicator device of claim 1, wherein the communicator location resource outputs data indicative of the real-time spatial location of the communicator device such that the communicator location database is automatically updated.

5. The communicator device of claim 1, wherein the communicator location resource outputs data indicative of the real-time spatial location of the communicator device such that the communicator location database is automatically and repeatedly updated.

6. The communicator device of claim 1, wherein the individualized weather output signal includes audio.

7. The communicator device of claim 1, wherein the individualized weather output signal includes video.

8. A method of outputting an individualized weather output signal by a communicator device, the method comprising:

repeatedly outputting data indicative of the real-time spatial location of the communicator device to a communication network for transmittal to a communicator location database to reflect an updated spatial location of the communicator device;

outputting user input to the communication network for transmittal to a user input database containing a user profile identifying the communicator device;

receiving an individualized weather output signal generated based on a comparison of the spatial location of the communicator device with real-time weather data; and

outputting the individualized weather output signal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the communicator device is a bidirectional communicator device, a portable device, a mobile telephone, a smart phone, a pager, a personal digital assistant, a computer, or a laptop computer.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the communication network comprises a mobile phone network, the Internet, a satellite network, or a radio frequency network.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the data indicative of the real-time spatial location of the communicator device is output such that the communicator location database is automatically updated.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the data indicative of the real-time spatial location of the communicator device is output such that the communicator location database is automatically and repeatedly updated.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the individualized weather output signal includes audio.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the individualized weather output signal includes video.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium (CRSM) storing instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause a communicator device to:

repeatedly outputting data indicative of the real-time spatial location of the communicator device to a communication network for transmittal to a communicator location database to reflect an updated spatial location of the communicator device;

outputting user input to the communication network for transmittal to a user input database containing a user profile identifying the communicator device;

receiving an individualized weather output signal generated based on a comparison of the spatial location of the communicator device with real-time weather data; and

outputting the individualized weather output signal.

16. The CRSM of claim 15, wherein the communicator device is a bidirectional or unidirectional communicator device, a portable device, a mobile telephone, a smart phone, a pager, a personal digital assistant, a computer, or a laptop computer.

17. The CRSM of claim 15, wherein the communication network comprises a mobile phone network, the Internet, a satellite network, or a radio frequency network.

18. The CRSM of claim 15, wherein the data indicative of the real-time spatial location of the communicator device is output such that the communicator location database is automatically updated or the communicator location database is automatically and repeatedly updated.

19. The CRSM of claim 15, wherein the individualized weather output signal includes audio.

20. The CRSM of claim 15, wherein the individualized weather output signal includes video.