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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Robert O Baron, Huntsville, AL (US);
Tom S Thompson, Athens, AL (US);
Tony L Benson, Huntsville, AL (US);
Baron Services, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
An automated real-time weather graphics generating system and method includes a host computer that receives meteorological data from a plurality of real-time meteorological data sources and then multiplexes the meteorological data into a serial data stream, a vertical blanking interval (VBI) inserter that inserts the data stream into a vertical blanking area of a television broadcast signal for broadcast to a remote location, a VBI receiver at the remote location that filters the data stream from the television broadcast signal, and a remote computer that combines the data stream and geographical views to form weather images comprising the meteorological data. The weather images can then be converted into a television compatible format (e.g., NTSC or PAL) for broadcast to subscribers on the dedicated channels. The weather images may also include crawling or scrolling text messages generated by a character generator card associated with the remote computer.