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Interactive weather advisory system
Assignee: Locator IP LP
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Filing: 2002-12-16
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Granted: 2004-06-22
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Expires: 2022-12-16
Abstract
Abstract A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to remote communicator devices. The broadcast network is comprised of a user input database, a communicator location database, a weather information database, a weather analysis unit and a communication network. The user input database contains user-defined parameters and each of the user-defined parameters includes a user profile. The user profile in each of the user-defined parameters utilizes a user identifier code and identifies a communicator device associated with a particular user. The communicator location database contains real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices. The weather information database contains real-time weather data for the spatial locations contained in the communicator location database. The weather analysis unit repeatedly compares the spatial location of each communicator device contained in the communicator location database with the real-time weather data and generates an individualized weather output signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Steven A. Root
- 👤 Michael R. Root
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 23:44
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/02; H04L12/16; H04L12/18; H04L12/1895; G; G06; G06Q; G06Q50/00; G06Q50/10; G01; G01W; G01W1/00; G01W1/02; G01W1/10; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/20; G06F16/29; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/953; G06F16/9537; G06F16/955; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/0241; G06Q30/0251; G06Q30/0255; G06Q30/0256; G06Q50/26; H04L12/1845; H04L12/1859; H04L12/1863; H04L12/1877; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/04; H04L67/2866; H04L67/30; H04L67/306; H04L67/50; H04L67/52; H04L67/53; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/02; H04W4/025; H04W4/029; H04W4/20; G01W2203/00; H04L12/189; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; Y; Y02; Y02A; Y02A90/00; Y02A90/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 43
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to at least one of a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network, the broadcast network comprising: a user input database containing a plurality of user-defined parameters with each of the user-defined parameters including a user profile, the user profile in each of the user-defined parameters including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user; a communicator location database containing real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices; a weather analysis unit automatically and continuously comparing the spatial locations of the communicator devices contained in the communicator location database with real-time weather data to generate individualized weather output signals; and a communication network receiving the individualized weather output signals and transmitting the individualized weather output signals to the communicator devices identified by the user identifier codes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to at least one of a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network, the broadcast network comprising: a user input database containing a plurality of user-defined parameters with each of the user-defined parameters including a user profile, the user profile in each of the user-defined parameters including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user; a communicator location database containing real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices; a weather analysis unit automatically and continuously comparing the spatial locations of the communicator devices contained in the communicator location database with real-time weather data to generate individualized weather output signals; and a communication network receiving the individualized weather output signals and transmitting the individualized weather output signals to the communicator devices identified by the user identifier codes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The broadcast network of claim 1 wherein the communication network transmits individualized weather output signals to the particular communicator device via a mobile telephone network.
Claim 4
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The broadcast network of claim 2 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a mobile phone.
Claim 5
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The broadcast network of claim 2 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a pager.
Claim 6
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The broadcast network of claim 2 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a laptop computer.
Claim 7
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The broadcast network of claim 2 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a personal digital assistant.
Claim 8
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The broadcast network of claim 1 , wherein the individualized weather output signal includes a video data signal.
Claim 9
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The broadcast network of claim 1 , wherein the video data signal includes an animated graphic file.
Claim 10
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The broadcast network of claim 7 , wherein the video data signal is a .wav file.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
178 words
A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network, the broadcast network comprising: a user input database containing a plurality of user-defined parameters with each of the user-defined parameters including at least one spatial location identifier, and a user profile, the spatial location identifying a location above the ground, the user profile in each of the user-defined parameters including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user and at least one weather content identifier; a weather analysis unit automatically and continuously comparing the user-defined parameters with the real-time weather data and predictions of events so as to generate individualized weather output signal for a plurality of user-defined parameters responsive to the weather content identifiers corresponding to real-time weather data in the spatial location identified by the spatial location identifier; and a communication network receiving the user identifier codes in the user-defined parameters and transmitting the individualized weather output signals to the particular communicator devices identified by the user identifier codes.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
178 words
A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network, the broadcast network comprising: a user input database containing a plurality of user-defined parameters with each of the user-defined parameters including at least one spatial location identifier, and a user profile, the spatial location identifying a location above the ground, the user profile in each of the user-defined parameters including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user and at least one weather content identifier; a weather analysis unit automatically and continuously comparing the user-defined parameters with the real-time weather data and predictions of events so as to generate individualized weather output signal for a plurality of user-defined parameters responsive to the weather content identifiers corresponding to real-time weather data in the spatial location identified by the spatial location identifier; and a communication network receiving the user identifier codes in the user-defined parameters and transmitting the individualized weather output signals to the particular communicator devices identified by the user identifier codes.
Claim 13
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The broadcast network of claim 10 wherein the communication network transmits individualized weather output signals to the particular communicator device via a mobile telephone network.
Claim 14
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The broadcast network of claim 11 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a mobile phone.
Claim 15
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The broadcast network of claim 11 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a pager.
Claim 16
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The broadcast network of claim 11 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a laptop computer.
Claim 17
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The broadcast network of claim 11 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a personal digital assistant.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
146 words
A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network, the broadcast network comprising: a user input database containing a plurality of user-defined parameters with the user-defined parameters including at least one spatial location identifier, a time identifier, a weather content identifier, and a user profile, the spatial location identifier identifying a location a distance above the ground, the user profile in each of the user-defined parameters including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user; a weather analysis unit automatically and repeatedly comparing the user-defined parameters with the real-time weather data to generate an individualized weather output signal; and a communication network receiving the user identifier codes in the user-defined parameters and transmitting the individualized weather output signals to the communicator devices identified by the user identifier codes.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
146 words
A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network, the broadcast network comprising: a user input database containing a plurality of user-defined parameters with the user-defined parameters including at least one spatial location identifier, a time identifier, a weather content identifier, and a user profile, the spatial location identifier identifying a location a distance above the ground, the user profile in each of the user-defined parameters including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user; a weather analysis unit automatically and repeatedly comparing the user-defined parameters with the real-time weather data to generate an individualized weather output signal; and a communication network receiving the user identifier codes in the user-defined parameters and transmitting the individualized weather output signals to the communicator devices identified by the user identifier codes.
Claim 20
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The broadcast network of claim 15 wherein the communication network transmits individualized weather output signals to the particular communicator device via a mobile telephone network.
Claim 21
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The broadcast network of claim 16 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a mobile phone.
Claim 22
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The broadcast network of claim 16 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a pager.
Claim 23
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The broadcast network of claim 16 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a laptop computer.
Claim 24
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The broadcast network of claim 16 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identify a personal digital assistant.
Claim 25
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A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to at least one of a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network, the broadcast network comprising: a user input database containing a plurality of user-defined parameters with each of the user-defined parameters including a weather content identifier and a user profile, the user profile in each of the user-defined parameters including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user; a communicator location database containing real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices; a weather analysis unit automatically and repeatedly comparing the weather content identifier included in each of the user-defined parameters and the spatial location of each communicator device contained in the communicator location database with real-time weather data to generate an individualized weather output signal including weather information; and a communication network receiving the user identifier codes in the user-defined parameters and the individualized weather output signals, the communication network transmitting each individualized weather output signal to the particular communicator devices identified by the user identifier codes.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
180 words
A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to at least one of a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network, the broadcast network comprising: a user input database containing a plurality of user-defined parameters with each of the user-defined parameters including a weather content identifier and a user profile, the user profile in each of the user-defined parameters including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user; a communicator location database containing real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices; a weather analysis unit automatically and repeatedly comparing the weather content identifier included in each of the user-defined parameters and the spatial location of each communicator device contained in the communicator location database with real-time weather data to generate an individualized weather output signal including weather information; and a communication network receiving the user identifier codes in the user-defined parameters and the individualized weather output signals, the communication network transmitting each individualized weather output signal to the particular communicator devices identified by the user identifier codes.
Claim 27
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The broadcast network of claim 22 wherein the communication network transmits individualized weather output signals to the particular communicator device via a mobile telephone network.
Claim 28
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The broadcast network of claim 22 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a mobile phone.
Claim 29
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The broadcast network of claim 22 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a pager.
Claim 30
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The broadcast network of claim 22 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a laptop computer.
Claim 31
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The broadcast network of claim 22 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a personal digital assistant.
Claim 32
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The broadcast network of claim 22 , wherein the individualized weather output signal includes a video data signal.
Claim 33
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The broadcast network of claim 27 , wherein the video data signal includes an animated graphic file.
Claim 34
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The broadcast network of claim 27 , wherein the graphic file includes a .wav file.
Claim 35
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for providing weather information to a plurality of users located remotely from a broadcast network, comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of user-defined parameters by a user input database with at least two of the user-defined parameters including a weather content identifier and a user profile, each of the user profiles including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user; receiving real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices by a communicator location database; comparing, automatically and continuously, the weather content identifier included in the user-defined parameters and the spatial location of a plurality of communicator devices contained in the communicator location database with real-time weather data to generate a plurality of individualized weather output signals; and transmitting each individualized weather output signal to a different communicator device.
Claim 36
Independent Claim
139 words
A method for providing weather information to a plurality of users located remotely from a broadcast network, comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of user-defined parameters by a user input database with at least two of the user-defined parameters including a weather content identifier and a user profile, each of the user profiles including a user identifier code identifying a communicator device associated with a particular user; receiving real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices by a communicator location database; comparing, automatically and continuously, the weather content identifier included in the user-defined parameters and the spatial location of a plurality of communicator devices contained in the communicator location database with real-time weather data to generate a plurality of individualized weather output signals; and transmitting each individualized weather output signal to a different communicator device.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 31 wherein the communication network transmits individualized weather output signals to the particular communicator device via a mobile telephone network.
Claim 38
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The method of claim 31 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a mobile phone.
Claim 39
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The method of claim 31 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a pager.
Claim 40
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The method of claim 31 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a laptop computer.
Claim 41
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The method of claim 31 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a personal digital assistant.
Claim 42
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The method of claim 31 , further comprising the steps of: compiling a data set of a plurality of spatial locations based on at least one weather content identifier; and outputting the data set to at least one of a plurality of vendors.
Claim 43
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The method of claim 31 , further comprising the steps of: compiling a data set of a plurality of user profiles based on at least one weather content identifier; outputting the data set to at least one of a plurality of vendors.
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