System presenting meteorological information using a browser interface

US6985837B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Dennis A. Moon · Grand Rapids, US
• Neil R. Lincoln · Shoreview, US
• Rex Filstrup · Windom, US
• Rolf D. Miller · Windom, US
• Eric Christeson · Windom, US
• Ningsheng Huang · Windom, US
• Michael T. C. Johnson · Windom, US
• Brian Lincoln · Woodstock, US
• John R. Makosky · Windom, US
• Brian K. Smith · Wellington, US
• Elizabeth Wiethoff · Windom, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2006
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/954
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for presenting meteorological information uses a browser interface to access massive amounts of weather-related data in the form of images stored on the server-side of the system. A user having a common browser on a Web client accesses the server-side information to selectively assemble weather-related data on multiple overlays of images and/or graphics into one simultaneous presentation on a Web page. The different overlays are normalized with respect to time and space, and a user can separately generate graphically miniaturized presentations of weather-related data for saving and subsequently recalling each presentation, wherein each presentation is displayed with current relativized data. The user can also select or customize derived variables to be distinctively displayed as part of a presentation.