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Gary L Hoffer

Donald Thomas Lamb

A portable weather display device including an upper and a lower hollow housing connected together by a hinge containing a power on/off switch. In the upper housing there is a backlit approximately 6&Prime; diagonal SVGA color touch-sensitive display and a warning speaker to signal NOAA weather alerts. The upper housing also includes a rubber gasket which seals out dust and water when closed. In the lower housing there is a central processing unit (CPU), 32 megabytes of RAM, 64 megabytes of Flash ROM, a display driver, a communications interface or device, an NiMH battery (and an external AC power adapter), a standard RJ11 phone jack, a plastic sliding protector to cover over these ports, a cellular antenna, a locking clasp to keep the device closed tightly, and battery and power indicator lights. Software embedded in the portable weather display device includes a custom-built operating system and application programs to perform receive, read, and display functions of the weather information coming into and stored on the portable weather display device.

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Marietta, PA, United States of America

Gary L Hoffer