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The Weather Channel, LLC

37Patents
20Active
37Granted
49Portfolio score

Filing activity: Apr 21, 1983 → May 3, 2010 · 17 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5140419A Communications system Electricity 280 Expired
US4725886A Communications system having an addressable receiver Electricity 180 Expired
US4916539A Communications system having receivers which can be addressed in selected classes Electricity 142 Expired
US7379817B1 Formulation of daily weather observation Physics 114 Expired
US7082382B1 System for producing high-resolution, real-time synthetic meteorological conditions for a specified location Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 100 Expired
US7185044B2 Weather information delivery systems and methods providing planning functionality and navigational tools Physics 56 Expired
US7529835B1 Website changes to scalability, capacity, server impact, bandwidth and end-user presentation based on a triggered event Physics 56 Expired
US7313810B1 Multimedia information transmission and distribution system Electricity 54 Expired
US7200491B1 System for producing high-resolution, real-time synthetic meteorological conditions for a specified location Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 48 Expired
US8538696B1 Providing weather data for a location using weather data stored for a finite number of locations Physics 43 Active
US7730420B1 Systems and methods for creating a playlist Physics 31 Active
US7383130B1 Weather-based activity advisor Physics 29 Expired
US8782041B1 Text search for weather data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 26 Active
US7739682B1 Systems and methods for selectively blocking application installation Physics 23 Active
US8046814B1 Systems and methods for formulating and delivering video having perishable information Electricity 18 Active
US7627577B1 System and method for maintaining an association between a distribution device and a shared end user characteristic Physics 17 Expired
US7523387B1 Customized advertising in a web page using information from the web page Physics 16 Expired
US7212922B1 Method of determining a climate-based activity index and best-time-to recommendation Physics 16 Expired
US7460021B1 Interactive wallpaper weather map Physics 14 Expired
US7685598B1 Desktop application framework Physics 13 Active
US7231300B1 Producing high-resolution, real-time synthetic meteorological conditions from radar data Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 13 Expired
US8594936B1 Providing current estimates of precipitation accumulations Physics 11 Active
US8457612B1 Providing location-based multimedia messages to a mobile device Electricity 10 Active
US7787058B1 System and method for providing information synchronized to a playlist Electricity 10 Active
US8250569B1 Systems and methods for selectively blocking application installation Physics 8 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.