US6823263B1
Expired / Lapsed
US
⏱️ 0.0 years remaining
System and method for providing personalized weather reports and the like
Assignee: DTN LLC
•
Filing: 2000-10-11
•
Granted: 2004-11-23
•
Expires: 2020-10-11
Abstract
Abstract A system and method for generating weather reports and the like which are precisely computed automatically for a particular individual user's geographic location and which are provided automatically to the individual user. A user establishes an individualized user profile in which the user defines a particular location of interest, a contact address, and optionally, a personalized activity weather condition profile, establishing a preferred weather condition profile for activities of interest. A detailed and accurate weather forecasting model is run to provide high geographical and temporal resolution forecast data. The resulting modeled forecast data may be constrained by an operator using a constrainer module. The high resolution forecast data is compared to the individual user profile and a personalized weather report for the particular location, times, and conditions of interest are provided automatically to the individual, e.g., via e-mail and/or at a personalized internet web page. A detailed weather forecast report may be provided in an easily readable tabular form, with notable weather conditions, e.g., daily high and low temperatures, highlighted. The high resolution forecast data may be generated locally for a limited region, e.g., at a television station for the station's viewing area, using initialization conditions provided from a central location, and/or for a wider region, e.g., the entire country, using a less high resolution weather forecast module.
Inventors
- 👤 Terence F. Kelly
- 👤 Grant H. Brohm
- 👤 Richard T. Daly
- 👤 Victor W. Marsh
- 👤 John S. Moore
- 👤 Brett A. Wilt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 14:17
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G01; G01K; G01K2203/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
96 words
A method of generating a personalized weather report; comprising the steps of: (a) establishing a user profile including a location of interest; (b) running a weather forecast model to generate weather forecast model data for an area including the area of interest; (c) manually providing constraints to constrain selected weather conditions in the weather forecast model data to within selected constraint limits to provide constrained weather forecast model data; and (d) generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at the location of interest automatically from the user profile and the constrained weather forecast model data.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
96 words
A method of generating a personalized weather report; comprising the steps of: (a) establishing a user profile including a location of interest; (b) running a weather forecast model to generate weather forecast model data for an area including the area of interest; (c) manually providing constraints to constrain selected weather conditions in the weather forecast model data to within selected constraint limits to provide constrained weather forecast model data; and (d) generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at the location of interest automatically from the user profile and the constrained weather forecast model data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of establishing a user profile includes the step of providing a user profile set-up menu user interface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 comprising additionally the step of providing the weather report to a user.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the step of establishing a user profile includes the step of establishing a user contact address and comprising additionally the step of providing the weather report to the user at the user contact address.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the user contact address is an e-mail address, the step of generating the weather report includes the step of generating a weather report e-mail message, and the step of providing the weather report to the user contact address includes the step of sending the weather report e-mail message to the user contact e-mail address.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 3 comprising additionally the step of providing a personalized internet web page address to a user and wherein the step of providing the weather report to the user includes the step of providing the weather report so as to be accessible at the personalized internet web page address.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
105 words
A personalized weather report generating system, comprising: (a) user profile generator means for generating a user profile including a location of interest; (b) weather forecast model data generator means for generating weather forecast model data for an area including the area of interest; (c) constrainer means for manually providing constraints to constrain selected weather conditions in the weather forecast model data to within selected constraint limits to provide constrained weather forecast model data; and (d) weather report generator means for generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at the location of interest automatically from the user profile and the constrained weather forecast model data.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
105 words
A personalized weather report generating system, comprising: (a) user profile generator means for generating a user profile including a location of interest; (b) weather forecast model data generator means for generating weather forecast model data for an area including the area of interest; (c) constrainer means for manually providing constraints to constrain selected weather conditions in the weather forecast model data to within selected constraint limits to provide constrained weather forecast model data; and (d) weather report generator means for generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at the location of interest automatically from the user profile and the constrained weather forecast model data.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 7 wherein the user profile generator means, the weather forecast model data generator means, the constrainer means, and the weather report generator means are implemented in at least one general purpose computer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 8 wherein the constrainer means includes a user input device for entering the selected constraint limits into the general purpose computer.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 7 wherein the user profile generator means includes means for generating a user profile set-up menu user interface and means for providing the user profile set-up menu user interface to a user.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
20 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 7 comprising additionally means for providing the weather report to a user.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 11 wherein the means for providing the weather report to a user includes means for providing the weather report to the user at a user contact address.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
58 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 12 wherein the user contact address in an e-mail address and the means for providing the weather report to the user at the user contact address includes means for generating a weather report e-mail message and means for providing the weather report e-mail message to the user contact e-mail address.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
54 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 11 comprising additionally means for providing a personalized internet web page address to a user and wherein the means for providing the weather report to the user includes means for providing the weather report so as to be accessible at the personalized internet web page address.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
153 words
A method of generating a personalized weather report, comprising the steps of: (a) establishing a plurality of user profiles wherein each user profile includes a location of interest located within a first geographic area or within a second geographic area different from the first geographic area; (b) running a weather forecast model to generate weather forecast model data of a first higher resolution for the first geographic area and to generate weather forecast model data of a second lower resolution for the second geographic area; and (c) generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at each user profile location of interest automatically from the user profile and the weather forecast model data of a first higher resolution for locations of interest located within the first geographic area and from the user profile and weather forecast model data of the second lower resolution for locations of interest located within the second geographic area.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
153 words
A method of generating a personalized weather report, comprising the steps of: (a) establishing a plurality of user profiles wherein each user profile includes a location of interest located within a first geographic area or within a second geographic area different from the first geographic area; (b) running a weather forecast model to generate weather forecast model data of a first higher resolution for the first geographic area and to generate weather forecast model data of a second lower resolution for the second geographic area; and (c) generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at each user profile location of interest automatically from the user profile and the weather forecast model data of a first higher resolution for locations of interest located within the first geographic area and from the user profile and weather forecast model data of the second lower resolution for locations of interest located within the second geographic area.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
121 words
The method of claim 15 wherein the step of generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at each user profile location of interest includes the steps of determining whether a user profile location of interest is located within the first geographic area, generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at the user profile location of interest from the user profile and the weather forecast model data of a first higher resolution if the user profile location of interest is determined to be located within the first geographic area, otherwise generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at the user profile location of interest from the user profile and the weather forecast model data of a second lower resolution.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 15 comprising additionally the step of providing the weather report to a user.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 17 wherein the step of establishing a user profile includes the step of establishing a user contact address and comprising additionally the step of providing the weather report to the user at the user contact address.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
60 words
The method of claim 18 wherein the user contact address is an e-mail address, the step of generating the weather report includes the step of generating a weather report e-mail message, and the step of providing the weather report to the user contact address includes the step of sending the weather report e-mail message to the user contact e-mail address.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 17 comprising additionally the step of providing a personalized interact web page address to a user and wherein the step of providing the weather report to the user includes the step of providing the weather report so as to be accessible at the personalized internet web page address.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
161 words
A personalized weather report generating system, comprising: (a) user profile generator means for generating a plurality of user profiles wherein each user profile includes a location of interest located within a first geographic area or within a second geographic area different from the first geographic area; (b) a weather forecast model data generator means for generating weather forecast model data of a first higher resolution for the first geographic area and for generating weather forecast model data of a second lower resolution for the second geographic area; and (c) a weather report generator means for generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at each user profile location of interest automatically from the user profile and the weather forecast model data of a first higher resolution for locations of interest located within the first geographic area and from the user profile and weather forecast model data of the second lower resolution for locations of interest located within the second geographic area.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
161 words
A personalized weather report generating system, comprising: (a) user profile generator means for generating a plurality of user profiles wherein each user profile includes a location of interest located within a first geographic area or within a second geographic area different from the first geographic area; (b) a weather forecast model data generator means for generating weather forecast model data of a first higher resolution for the first geographic area and for generating weather forecast model data of a second lower resolution for the second geographic area; and (c) a weather report generator means for generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at each user profile location of interest automatically from the user profile and the weather forecast model data of a first higher resolution for locations of interest located within the first geographic area and from the user profile and weather forecast model data of the second lower resolution for locations of interest located within the second geographic area.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
116 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 21 wherein the weather report generator means includes means for determining whether a user profile location of interest is located within the first geographic area, means for generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at the user profile location of interest from the user profile and the weather forecast model data of a first higher resolution if the user profile location of interest is determined to be located within the first geographic area, and means for otherwise generating a weather report of forecast weather conditions at the user profile location of interest from the user profile and the weather forecast model data of a second lower resolution.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
37 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 21 wherein the user profile generator means, the weather forecast model data generator means, and the weather report generator means are implemented in at least one general purpose computer.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
20 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 21 comprising additionally means for providing the weather report to a user.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
35 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 24 wherein the means for providing the weather report to a user includes means for providing the weather report to the user at a user contact address.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
58 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 25 wherein the user contact address is an e-mail address and the means for providing the weather report to the user at the user contact address includes means for generating a weather report e-mail message and means for providing the weather report e-mail message to the user contact e-mail address.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
54 words
The personalized weather report generating system of claim 24 comprising additionally means for providing a personalized internet web page address to a user and wherein the means for providing the weather report to the user includes means for providing the weather report so as to be accessible at the personalized internet web page address.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US5555446A
Cited
US5398021A
Cited
US5568385B1
Cited
US5568385A
Cited
US5654886A
Cited
US5717589A
Cited
US5867110A
Cited
US5790953A
Cited
US5848378A
Cited
US6018699A
Cited
US6108406A
Cited
US5893091A
Cited
US5999882A
Cited
US5983227A
Cited
US5995966A
Cited
US6480830B1
Cited
US6169989B1
Cited
US6181324B1
Cited
US6028514A
Cited
US6023223A
Cited
US6360172B1
Cited
US6404880B1
Cited
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 2007-11-23 | 2008-05-24 | 2008-11-23 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2011-11-23 | 2012-05-24 | 2012-11-23 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2015-11-23 | 2016-05-24 | 2016-11-23 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |