Interactive weather advisory system
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.
1. A system for outputting individualized output signals to communicator devices and providing information to vendors, the system comprising:
a communicator location database stored on non-transitory computer readable storage media remotely located from the communicator devices containing real-time data indicative of spatial locations of the communicator devices;
a user input database stored on non-transitory computer readable storage media remotely located from the communicator devices containing user profiles, wherein each of the user profiles is associated with a user and includes a weather content identifier identifying weather data of interest to the user and a user identifier code identifying one of the communicator devices; and
a weather analysis unit including one or more computer processors remotely located from the communicator devices, the weather analysis unit configured to:
receive weather data associated with a set of spatial locations;
generate individualized weather output signals for each user by selecting the weather data identified by the weather content identifier stored in a user profile associated with the user and associated with a spatial location of a communicator device associated with the user stored in the communicator location database;
output the individualized weather output signals to a communication network for transmittal to the communicator devices;
receive search information independently from the vendors;
compare the individualized weather output signals to the search information for each of the vendors; and
generate a dataset utilizing the search information for each of the vendors, each dataset including the user identifier code for each communicator device that received an individualized weather output signal according to the search information.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system:
receives a spatial range identifier from a user identifying a particular spatial range surrounding the spatial location of the communicator device associated with the user; and
outputs the weather data identified by the weather content identifier in the user profile associated with the user within the spatial range identified by the spatial range identifier received from the user.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein:
the spatial range identifier received from the user is stored in the user profile associated with the user; and
the weather analysis unit generates the individualized weather output signal for the user by selecting the weather data identified by the weather content identifier in the user profile associated with the user within the spatial range identified by the spatial range identifier stored in the user profile.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communicator devices comprise bidirectional communicator devices, portable devices, mobile telephones, smart phones, pagers, personal digital assistants, computers, or laptop computers.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communicator location database is automatically updated to contain real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communicator location database is automatically and repeatedly updated to contain real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication network comprises a mobile phone network, internet, a facsimile network, a satellite network, or a radio frequency network.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the individualized weather output signals includes audio.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the individualized weather output signals includes video.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein:
the weather data comprises weather conditions, weather forecasts, weather patterns, or weather events; and
the weather content identifier identifies weather conditions of interest to the user, weather forecasts of interest to the user, weather patterns of interest to the user, or weather events of interest to the user.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the weather data includes predictions generated by the weather analysis unit.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the weather data received by the weather analysis unit is dynamically updated.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the weather data received by the weather analysis unit is real-time weather data.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein spatial locations of the communicator devices are determined by global positioning satellite technology or a wireless network.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the weather content identifier stored in the user profile associated with the user is selected by the user.
16. A method for outputting individualized weather output signals and providing information, the method comprising:
receiving real-time data indicative of spatial locations of communicator devices;
storing the real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices in a communicator location database stored on non-transitory computer readable storage media remotely located from the communicator devices;
receiving user profiles, wherein each of the user profiles is associated with a user and includes a weather content identifier identifying weather data of interest to the user and a user identifier code identifying one of the communicator devices;
storing the user profiles in a user profile database stored on non-transitory computer readable storage media remotely located from the communicator devices;
receiving weather data for spatial locations by an analysis unit including one or more computer processors remotely located from the communicator devices;
generating individualized weather output signals for each user, by the analysis unit, by selecting the weather data identified by the weather content identifier in a user profile associated with the user for a spatial location of a communicator device associated with the user stored in the communicator location database;
outputting the individualized weather output signals to a communication network for transmittal to the communicator devices;
receiving search information independently from vendors;
comparing the individualized weather output signals to the search information for each of the vendors; and
generating a data set utilizing the search information for each of the vendors, each data set including the user identifier code for each communicator device that received an individualized weather output signal according to the search information.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
receiving a spatial range identifier from a user identifying a particular spatial range surrounding the spatial location of the communicator device associated with the user; and
outputting the weather data identified by the weather content identifier in the user profile associated with the user within the spatial range identified by the spatial range identifier received from the user.
18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
storing the spatial range identifier received from the user in the user profile associated with the user,
wherein the individualized weather output signal is generated for the user by selecting the weather data identified by the weather content identifier in the user profile associated with the user within the spatial range identified by the spatial range identifier stored in the user profile.
19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the communicator devices comprise bidirectional communicator devices, portable devices, mobile telephones, smart phones, pagers, personal digital assistants, computers, or laptop computers.
20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
automatically updating the communicator location database to contain real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices.
21. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
automatically and repeatedly updating the communicator location database to contain real-time data indicative of the spatial locations of the communicator devices.
22. The method of claim 16 , wherein the communication network comprises a mobile phone network, internet, a facsimile network, a satellite network, or a radio frequency network.
23. The method of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the individualized weather output signals includes audio.
24. The method of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the individualized weather output signals includes video.
25. The method of claim 16 , wherein:
the weather data comprises weather conditions, weather forecasts, weather patterns, or weather events; and
the weather content identifier identifies weather conditions of interest to the user, weather forecasts of interest to the user, weather patterns of interest to the user, or weather events of interest to the user.
26. The method of claim 16 , wherein the weather data includes predictions generated by a weather analysis unit.
27. The method of claim 16 , wherein receiving weather data comprises receiving dynamically updated weather data.
28. The method of claim 16 , wherein the weather data is real-time weather data.
29. The method of claim 16 , wherein spatial locations of the communicator devices are determined by global positioning satellite technology or a wireless network.
30. The method of claim 16 , wherein the weather content identifier stored in the user profile associated with the user is selected by the user.