Interactive advisory system

Abstract

A method of generating individualized real-time weather and environmental data including the steps of receiving user profiles that identify communicator devices and identifications of pre-determined weather and environmental sensors associated with designated locations; analyzing weather and environmental information as well as sensor data from the weather and environmental sensors to generate an individualized weather and environmental signal; and, transmitting the individualized weather and environmental information signal to the communicator devices.

1 . 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.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving the plurality of user profiles is defined further as receiving a spatial range identifier and associating the spatial range identifier with one of the pre-determined weather and environmental sensors.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  , wherein the step of receiving the plurality of user profiles is defined further as receiving an environmental identifier indicative of the type of weather and environmental information to be monitored by the pre-determined weather and environmental sensors.  
     
     
         4 . A method for collecting real-time road condition information, comprising the steps of: 
 mounting weather and environmental sensors in various locations along a roadway;    receiving, by a weather analysis unit, weather or environmental condition information from the sensors;    receiving a plurality of user profiles with at least two of the user profiles identifying communicator devices;    analyzing the weather or environmental condition information received from the 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.    
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the step of mounting the weather and environmental sensors is defined further as mounting at least one of the weather and environmental sensors on a vehicle.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the step of mounting the weather and environmental sensors is defined further as mounting at least one of the weather and environmental sensors on a billboard.  
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the step of mounting the weather and environmental sensors is defined further as mounting at least one of the weather and environmental sensors on a gas pump.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the step of mounting the weather and environmental sensors is defined further as mounting at least one of the weather and environmental sensors on a cell phone tower.  
     
     
         9 . A method for collecting real-time weather and environmental data, comprising the steps of: 
 mounting weather and environmental sensors in predetermined locations;    inputting a spatial range associated with each sensor;    receiving weather or environmental condition information within the spatial range of the sensors;    inputting at least one monitoring characteristic into a user profile;    analyzing the weather or environmental condition information received from the sensors based on the monitoring characteristic within the user profile to generate individualized weather and environmental output signals; and,    transmitting the weather and environmental output signals to a communicator device.    
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the monitoring characteristic is soil moisture.  
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising the step of transmitting real-time locations of each sensor to the communicator device.  
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the weather and environmental output signals are transmitted to communicator devices located in close proximity to the sensors.