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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2009
Ronald J. Sznaider, River Falls, WI (US);
Douglas P. Chenevert, Lakeville, MN (US);
Robert L. Hugg, Eagan, MN (US);
Clive F. Reece, St. Paul, MN (US);
James H. Block, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ronald J. Sznaider, River Falls, WI (US);
Douglas P. Chenevert, Lakeville, MN (US);
Robert L. Hugg, Eagan, MN (US);
Clive F. Reece, St. Paul, MN (US);
James H. Block, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Telvent DTN, LLC, Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
An automated weather alert system using GIS technology automatically ingests weather data and processes the weather data to determine if localized weather conditions pose a threat to any of a plurality of business operations, each of which have a known location. In the event such threat exists, an employee having responsibility for a threatened business operation is provided with an alert message and asked to acknowledge receipt. Additional notification is automatically provided to the employee's supervisor if such acknowledgment is not received within a predetermined period of time.