Interactive advisory system

Abstract

A method for transmitting individualized real-time work assignments to a plurality of employees located remotely from a broadcast network. An analysis unit compares user profiles, dynamic locations stored in the communicator location database, fixed locations, and job assignments entered into the analysis unit. A data set of at least one individualized work assignment is generated and the individualized work assignment is transmitted to the employee via the employee's communicator device. A method of generating individualized real-time weather and environmental data including the steps of receiving a plurality of user profiles with at least two of the user profiles identifying communicator devices, designated locations and identifications of pre-determined weather and environmental sensors associated with the designated locations, analyzing a weather and environmental information database as well as sensor data from the pre-determined weather and environmental sensors to generate individualized weather output signals and transmitting the weather and environmental output signals to communicator devices identified in the user profiles.

1 . A method for transmitting individualized real-time work assignments to a plurality of employees located remotely from a broadcast network, comprising the steps of: 
 inputting employee user-profile criteria into an analysis unit;    inputting work assignment criteria into the analysis unit;    matching the employee user-profile criteria with the work assignment criteria to generate a data set of at least one individualized work assignment; and    transmitting the individualized work assignment to an employee based upon the matching of the work assignment criteria with the employee user-profile.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the employee user-profile criteria is input into an employer communicator device.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  wherein the employer communicator device is selected from the group consisting of a computer, a personal digital assistant, a cellular phone, and a combination personal digital assistant/cellular phone.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the data set include at least two of the employee user-profile criteria and the work assignment criteria, the method further comprising the step of: 
 an employer assigning the work assignment to the employee based upon the results matching the employee user-profile criteria with the work assignment criteria.    
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the data set include at least two of the employee user-profile criteria and the work assignment criteria, the method further comprising the step of: 
 the analysis unit assigning the work assignment to the employee based upon the results matching the employee user-profile criteria with the work assignment criteria.    
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the individualized work assignment is transmitted to the employee via an employee communicator device.  
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the employee communicator device is selected from the group consisting of a personal digital assistant, a cellular phone, a combination personal digital assistant/cellular phone, and a pager.  
     
     
         8 . A method of generating individualized real-time weather and environmental data, comprising the steps of: 
 receiving a plurality of user profiles with at least two of the user profiles identifying communicator devices, designated locations and identifications of pre-determined weather and environmental sensors associated with the designated locations;    analyzing a weather and environmental information database as well as sensor data from the pre-determined weather and environmental sensors to generate individualized weather and environmental output signals; and    transmitting the weather and environmental output signals to communicator devices identified in the user profiles.