User-centric event reporting

Patent 7089116 Issued on August 8, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 22, 2024. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Smith, Michael R.

Assignee

User-Centric IP, L.P.

Application

No. 10969915 filed on 10/22/2004

US Classes:

702/3, Weather700/266, Chemical process control or monitoring system701/117, Traffic analysis or control of surface vehicle340/601, Meteorological condition702/5, Topography (e.g., land mapping)709/249, MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERCONNECTING705/26, Electronic shopping (e.g., remote ordering)702/12Fluid flow investigation

Examiners

Primary: McElheny, Donald Jr.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

Foreign Patent References

2158335 CA 03/01/1996

International Class

G01W 1/00

Abstract

The invention provides a system and method for receiving weather forecast information in a mobile unit and using that information to warn a user of a future weather hazard with reference to the mobile unit's location and/or intended direction of travel. A hazard location algorithm compares a forecast location of each mobile unit with a forecast hazard and transmits a warning to each mobile unit that is predicted to encounter the hazard. As the mobile unit moves, its actual position is updated in the forecasting center, and a revised warning is transmitted to the mobile unit. The hazard information may be displayed on the user's system in the form of a rotating map with an automatically adjustable range to display warning information in relation to the system's location. Warnings, including audio warnings for playback and crawls for display on a television, can be automatically generated and spoken or displayed to a user.

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