Interactive advisory system

Abstract

A method for transmitting individualized real-time work assignments to a plurality of employees located remotely from a broadcast network. An analysis unit compares user profiles, dynamic locations stored in the communicator location database, fixed locations, and job assignments entered into the analysis unit. A data set of at least one individualized work assignment is generated and the individualized work assignment is transmitted to the employee via the employee's communicator device. A method of generating individualized real-time weather and environmental data including the steps of receiving a plurality of user profiles with at least two of the user profiles identifying communicator devices, designated locations and identifications of pre-determined weather and environmental sensors associated with the designated locations, analyzing a weather and environmental information database as well as sensor data from the pre-determined weather and environmental sensors to generate individualized weather output signals and transmitting the weather and environmental output signals to communicator devices identified in the user profiles.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] Not applicable. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0002] Not applicable. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] During recent years, the demand for detailed information, such as for example weather information, has risen sharply. Personal computers and communication devices have increased the demand for more information because of their power to gather, manipulate, transmit and receive data. As a result, specialized information and value-added services are in great demand. End users no longer desire to gather, manipulate and evaluate raw data. For instance, nowhere is this condition more apparent than with weather services across North America. [0004] Years ago, radio and television broadcasters recognized an increasing demand for weather information from their audience, and thus increased the number of on-air weather segments as a means for increasing market ranking. Today, the demand for specific content in w...

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

Requests for detailed weather information for specific applications outnumber the governments' ability to process them.

Often, this interpretation is made erroneously.

Even worse, these products are usually regional or national in scope, and may not apply to a particular location where various local activities are underway.

Essentially, the existing reporting system is insufficient to specifically identify and adequately warn of personal risk.

Furthermore, if the threat is imminent, the existing system cannot and does not provide preventive measures for each user near or at the threat.

Thus, by default, distant or unaffected users are placed “on alert” unnecessarily when the threat may be moving away from their location.

Unknown to the family at midday, some clusters of showers are intensifying, and will place dangerous lightning over the game field.

While the morning weather report was not completely inaccurate, the participants and spectators are exposed to risk.

They also failed to link their limited knowledge of the weather to their own needs and risk exposure.

Clearly, these people were forced to interpret outdated, limited information as applied to their specific application.

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