Providing weather data for a location using weather data stored for a finite number of locations
US8538696B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01W2001/006
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and systems of the invention provide appropriate weather data for a location by associating it with a location or locations for which weather data is stored. Such stored data may have been collected from one or multiple weather data sources. An image or video may be associated with weather data selected from near-current stored weather data for one or more nearby locations. Certain methods also allow observation and/or forecast weather data for any specified location to be provided using stored weather data for a finite number of locations from one or more weather data sources. For example, the location coordinates of a specified location may be used to determine an appropriate location (exact or substitute) for which weather data was previously collected and stored.
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