Customizable weather analysis system for user-specified weather conditions

Abstract

A system and method for outputting weather data associated with a user-specified location based on a user-specified weather inquiry, including weather data output based on user-specified weather conditions, locations output based on a user-specified weather inquiry, notifications output regarding weather-related warnings, and notifications output based on weather-related notification thresholds.

1 . A system, comprising:
 a weather information database configured to store weather data associated with a plurality of geographic locations, the weather data including a plurality weather conditions associated with the plurality of geographic locations;   a graphical user interface configured to:
 receive at least one user-specified location from a user; 
 store a plurality of modules, each of the plurality of modules being configured to output at least one user-specific weather conditions of the plurality of weather conditions; and 
 provide functionality for the user to add at least one module of the plurality of modules to a user-configured page of the graphical user interface; 
   a user information database configured to store the user-specified location and the at least one module selected via the graphical user interface; and   an analysis unit configured to output to the user the at least one user-specific weather condition weather data associated with the user-specified location by displaying the at least one module via the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         2 .- 74 . (canceled) 
     
     
         75 . A method, comprising:
 receiving weather data associated with a plurality of geographic locations, the weather data including a plurality of weather conditions associated with the plurality of geographic locations;   providing a user interface that stores a plurality of modules, each of the plurality of modules being configured to output at least one user-specific weather condition of the plurality of weather conditions;   receiving at least one user-specified location from a user via the graphical user interface;   providing functionality for the user to add at least one module from the plurality of modules to a user-configured page of the graphical user interface;   storing the at least one user-specified location and the at last one module selected via the graphical user interface; and   outputting to the user the at least one user-specified weather condition weather associated with the user-specified location by displaying the at least one module via the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         76 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the weather data comprises a plurality of current, historical, and forecasted weather conditions and a plurality of weather-related warnings. 
     
     
         77 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the weather data comprises a plurality of weather-related warnings, the weather-related warnings including river flood warnings, thunderstorm watch boxes, tornado watch boxes, mesoscale discussions, polygon warnings, zone/country warnings, outlooks, advisories, watches, special weather statements, lightning warnings, thunderstorm warnings, heavy rain warnings, high wind warnings, high or low temperature warnings, local storm reports, earthquakes, or hurricane impact forecasts. 
     
     
         78 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the user-specified location is a facility location. 
     
     
         79 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the user-specified location is a portion of a road, a portion of a railway line, or a linear or non-linear path between two or more of the geographic locations. 
     
     
         80 . The method of  claim 75 , further comprising:
 receiving via a network a location of a mobile computer system from the mobile computer system, the location of the mobile computer system determined by a location detection unit configured to determine the location of the mobile computer system; and   determining the user-specified location based on a location of a mobile computer system.   
     
     
         81 . (canceled) 
     
     
         82 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the user-specified weather condition includes a current weather condition, a historical weather condition, or a forecasted weather condition. 
     
     
         83 . The method of  claim 75 , further comprising:
 receiving updated weather data; and   updating the at least one user-specified weather condition output to the user based on the updated weather data.   
     
     
         84 . The method of  claim 83 , wherein the receiving updated weather data comprises automatically and repeatedly updating the at least one user-specified weather condition output to the user. 
     
     
         85 .- 86 . (canceled) 
     
     
         87 . The method of  claim 75 , further comprising:
 receiving a user-specified time frame from the user via the graphical user interface,   outputting the at least one user-specified weather condition associated with the user-specified location and the user-specified time frame to the user via the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         88 . The method of  claim 87 , wherein the receiving the user-specified time frame from the user comprises determining the user-specified time frame based on the selection of at the least one module from the plurality of modules. 
     
     
         89 . The method of  claim 75 , further comprising:
 providing functionality for the user to select a first module configured to output a first user-specified weather condition and a second module configured to output a second user-specified weather condition from the plurality of modules; and   outputting the first user-specified weather condition associated with the user-specified location via the first module and the second user-specified weather condition associated with the user-specified location via the second module.   
     
     
         90 . The method of  claim 89 , further comprising:
 displaying the first module on a portion of a screen for a time period and, after the time period, displaying the second module on the portion of the screen for the time period.   
     
     
         91 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the at least one user-specified location includes a first location and a second location, further comprising:
 receiving, from the user, a selection of a first module and a second module from the plurality of modules; and   outputting the user-specified weather condition associated with the first location via the first module and the second user-specified weather condition associated with the user-specified location via the second module.   
     
     
         92 . The method of  claim 91 , further comprising:
 displaying the first module on a portion of a screen for a time period and, after the time period, displaying the second module on the portion of the screen for the time period.   
     
     
         93 . The method of  claim 75 , wherein the weather data comprises first weather data including the at least one user-specified weather condition associated with the user-specified location determined at a first time and second weather data including the at least one user-specified weather condition associated with the user-specified location determined at a second time, the second time following the first time, further comprising:
 outputting the at least one user-specified weather condition associated with the user-specified location determined at the second time;   comparing the at least one user-specified weather condition associated with the user-specified location determined at the second time with the at least one user-specified weather condition associated with the user-specified location determined at the first time;   determining if the comparison indicates an increase or a decrease in the at least one condition and, if so, determine if the increase or decrease in the at least one condition is greater than or equal to a pre-determined threshold; and   output a notification via the module if the comparison indicates an increase or a decrease in the at least one comparison greater than or equal to the pre-determined threshold.   
     
     
         94 . The method of  claim 93 , wherein the notification is output by graphically representing the increase or the decrease. 
     
     
         95 .- 148 . (canceled) 
     
     
         149 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to:
 receive weather data associated with a plurality of geographic locations, the weather data including a plurality of weather conditions associated with the plurality of geographic locations;   provide a user interface that stores a plurality of modules, each of the plurality of modules being configured to output at least one user-specified weather condition of the plurality of weather conditions;   receive at least one user-specified location from a user via the graphical user interface;   provide functionality for the user to add at least one module from the plurality of modules to a user-configured page of the graphical user interface;   store the at least one user-specified location and the at least one module selected via the graphical user interface; and   output to the user the at least one user-specified weather condition associated with the user-specified location by displaying the at least one module via the graphical user interface.