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Individualized, location specific weather forecasting system
Assignee: Locator IP LP
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Filing: 2000-12-29
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Granted: 2003-07-08
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Expires: 2020-12-29
Abstract
Abstract An individualized, location specific weather forecasting system in which the location of an electronic device is detected; and weather data is generated and transmitted to the electronic device so that subscribers receive weather forecast data specific to their current location.
Inventors
- 👤 Bruce Schwoegler
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 00:12
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01W; G01W1/00; G01W1/10; G01S; G01S19/00; G01S19/38; G01S19/39; G01S19/42; G01W2203/00; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A90/00; Y02A90/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 38
Claim 1
Independent Claim
59 words
An individualized, location specific weather forecasting system comprising: an electronic device; means for detecting the location of the electronic device; means for generating weather data; and a forecasting subsystem, responsive to the weather data and the location of the electronic device, which transmits to the electronic device weather forecast data specific to the current location of the electronic device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
59 words
An individualized, location specific weather forecasting system comprising: an electronic device; means for detecting the location of the electronic device; means for generating weather data; and a forecasting subsystem, responsive to the weather data and the location of the electronic device, which transmits to the electronic device weather forecast data specific to the current location of the electronic device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 1 in which the electronic device is a wireless mobile electronic device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of claim 2 in which the wireless mobile electronic device is selected from the group of products consisting of cellular telephones, portable computers and personal data assistants.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 1 in which the means for detecting the location of the electronic device is selected from the class consisting of global positioning systems and cellular telephone tower transmitters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 1 in which the forecasting subsystem includes a database including a plurality of geographical sectors and, for each sector, weather forecast data unique to each sector, each sector having a sector size.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The system of claim 5 in which the forecasting subsystem further includes an ingest processor, responsive to the weather data, for storing weather type data as a function of both location and time.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
The system of claim 6 in which the forecasting subsystem further includes a prediction processor, responsive to the stored weather data as a function of both location and time, which generates the weather forecast data for each sector for a period of time.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 7 in which said period is every seven minutes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 5 in which said sector size is based on the resolution of the means for generating weather data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 1 in which the means for generating weather data is a doppler radar system.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 10 in which the sector size is less than five miles from one specific location.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 11 in which the sector size is approximately one quarter mile from one specific location.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 10 in which the weather data is precipitation data.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
36 words
The system of claim 5 in which the forecasting subsystem further includes a server responsive to the location of the electronic device which identifies the electronic device and provides the current weather data to the device.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 14 in which the server is a wireless application processor.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
37 words
The system of claim 14 in which the forecasting subsystem further includes a sector processor, responsive to the server, for extracting from the database forecast data from the sector corresponding to the location of the electronic device.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 5 in which the database includes, for each sector, a plurality of weather forecasts each as a function of time.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
68 words
A method of providing individualized, location specific weather forecasts, the method comprising: receiving from a user a request; automatically determining the user's current location; receiving and storing actual weather data unique to each user's location; forecasting the weather for each location based on the actual weather data for that location as a function of time; and transmitting to the user the weather forecast for the user's current location.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
68 words
A method of providing individualized, location specific weather forecasts, the method comprising: receiving from a user a request; automatically determining the user's current location; receiving and storing actual weather data unique to each user's location; forecasting the weather for each location based on the actual weather data for that location as a function of time; and transmitting to the user the weather forecast for the user's current location.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
61 words
A method of providing individualized, location specific weather forecasts, the method comprising: detecting the location of an electronic device; receiving weather data specific to a plurality of geographic sectors; forecasting, based on the received weather data, the weather for each geographic sector; and transmitting to the electronic device upon request forecasted weather information specific to the location of the electronic device.
Claim 22
Independent Claim
61 words
A method of providing individualized, location specific weather forecasts, the method comprising: detecting the location of an electronic device; receiving weather data specific to a plurality of geographic sectors; forecasting, based on the received weather data, the weather for each geographic sector; and transmitting to the electronic device upon request forecasted weather information specific to the location of the electronic device.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 19 in which the electronic device is a wireless mobile electronic device.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 20 in which the wireless mobile electronic device is selected from the group of products consisting of cellular telephones, portable computers, and personal data assistants.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 21 in which detecting the location includes utilizing global positioning satellite data.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 21 in which detecting the position includes using information transmitted from the cellular telephone tower closest to the wireless mobile electronic device.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 21 in which detecting the position includes using information transmitted from a plurality of cellular telephone towers proximate the wireless mobile electronic device.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 19 in which forecasting includes storing in a database a plurality of geographic sectors, and, for each sector, weather forecast data unique to each sector.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 25 in which forecasting further includes periodically updating the weather forecast data unique to each sector.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 26 in which the update period is every seven minutes.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method claim 25 in which the size of each sector is based on the resolution of the received weather data.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 28 in which the weather data is received form a doppler radar system.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 28 in which the sector size is less than five miles from one specific location.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 30 in which the sector size is approximately one quarter mile from one specific location.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 29 in which the weather data is precipitation data.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 19 in which receiving and transmitting includes utilizing a wireless application processor.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 25 in which transmitting includes extracting from the database forecast data for the sector corresponding to the location of the electronic device.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 25 further including generating, for each sector, a plurality of weather forecasts, each a function of time.
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