The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Floyd Phillips, Odenton, MD (US);
Ronald J. Sznaider, River Falls, WI (US);
Douglas P. Chenevert, Lakeville, MN (US);
Peter K. Sappanos, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Kavouras, Inc., Burnsville, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 1/300 ;
Abstract
A method for automatically generating weather alerts in disclosed. Weather related data is automatically collected and processed to detect the presence of storm cells, their location, direction and speed. Alerts are automatically generated when necessary. These alerts contain information related to the nature of the storm cell, its location, the specific geographic areas likely to be affected by the storm cell, and the storm cell's expected time of arrival at each specific geographic area.