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Granted Patent B2
US 8,909,679 · App. 10/965,088 · Granted Dec 9, 2014

Interactive advisory system

Inventors: Steven A. Root (Edmond, OK); Michael R. Root (Edmond, OK)
Assignee: Locator IP, LP
H04W4/02H04L67/20H04L12/189H04L67/306H04L67/18H04L69/329H04W4/20H04L67/04H04L12/1877H04L12/1859G06F17/3087H04L12/1895G01W1/00H04L12/1845
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,909,679
App. No.
10/965,088
Granted
Dec 9, 2014
Kind
B2
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 (15)

1. A method for providing information to a plurality of vendors 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 one of the user-defined parameters including 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;

receiving search information independently from a plurality of vendors;

generating a data set utilizing the search information for each of the plurality of vendors, each data set including user identifier codes from user profiles other than a user profile associated with the vendor; and

sending advertisements utilizing the user identifier codes to the communicator devices identified in the data sets.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of:

comparing, automatically and continuously, real-time weather data with the spatial locations of a plurality of communicator devices contained in the communicator location database to generate a plurality of individualized output signals; and

transmitting the individualized output signals to respective communicator devices.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication network transmits individualized output signals to the respective communicator devices via a mobile telephone network.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a mobile phone.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a pager.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a laptop computer.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the user identifier codes identifies a personal digital assistant.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of outputting at least one of the generated data sets to at least one of the plurality of vendors.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2010
From: WEATHERBANK, INC.
To: LOCATOR IP, LP
Reel/Frame 024312/0155 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2008
From: SPATIAL CONTENT SERVICES, LP
To: WEATHERBANK, INC.
Reel/Frame 022034/0436 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2006
From: WEATHERBANK, INC.
To: SPATIAL CONTENT SERVICES, LP
Reel/Frame 017448/0905 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2006
From: WEATHERBANK, INC.
To: SPATIAL CONTENT SERVICES, LP
Reel/Frame 017537/0368 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 10667108 · Sep 19, 2003
Continuation 10322187 · Dec 16, 2002
Continuation 09624668 · Jul 24, 2000
Related Publication 20050050008A1 · Mar 3, 2005