Customizable weather analysis system of user-specified notification thresholds

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.

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         149 . 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; 
 store a plurality of modules, each of the plurality of modules being preconfigured to output at least one weather condition of the plurality of weather conditions; and 
 provide functionality for the user to specify at least one user-specified weather condition by adding 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-specified weather condition associated with the at least one module in the user-specified location by displaying the at least one module via the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         150 . 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 graphical user interface that stores a plurality of modules, each of the plurality of modules being preconfigured to output at least one weather condition of the plurality of weather conditions;   receiving at least one user-specified location from a user via a graphical user interface;   providing functionality for the user to specify at least one user-specified weather condition by adding at least one module from the plurality of modules to a user-configured page of the graphical user interface;   storing the user-specified location and the at least one module selected via the graphical user interface; and   outputting to the user the at least one user-specified weather condition associated with the at least one module in the user-specified location by displaying the at least one module via the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         151 . The method of  claim 150 , wherein the weather data comprises a plurality of current, historical, and forecasted weather conditions and a plurality of weather-related warnings. 
     
     
         152 . The method of  claim 150 , 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. 
     
     
         153 . The method of  claim 150 , wherein the user-specified location is a facility location. 
     
     
         154 . The method of  claim 150 , 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. 
     
     
         155 . The method of  claim 150 , 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 an additional user-defined location based on a location of a mobile computer system.   
     
     
         156 . The method of  claim 150 , wherein the plurality of weather conditions include current weather conditions, historical weather conditions, or forecasted weather conditions. 
     
     
         157 . The method of  claim 150 , 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.   
     
     
         158 . The method of  claim 157 , wherein the receiving updated weather data comprises automatically and repeatedly updating the at least one user-specified weather condition output to the user. 
     
     
         159 . The method of  claim 150 , further comprising:
 receiving a user-specified time frame from the user via the graphical user interface; and   outputting the at least one user-specified weather condition associated in the user-specified location over the user-specified time frame to the user via at least one module on the user-configured page of the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         160 . The method of  claim 160 , wherein the plurality of modules include at least one module being preconfigured to output the at least one weather condition over the user-specified time frame; and
 the graphical user interface receives the user-specified time frame from the user by providing functionality for the user to add the at least one module that is preconfigured to output the at least one weather condition over the user-specified time frame to the user-configured page of the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         161 . The method of  claim 150 , wherein the plurality of modules include a first module preconfigured to output a first user-specified weather condition and a second module preconfigured to output a second user-specified weather condition, the method further comprising:
 providing functionality for the user to add the first module and the second module to the user-configured page of the graphical user interface; and   outputting the first user-specified weather condition in the user-specified location via the first module and the second user-specified weather condition in the user-specified location via the second module.   
     
     
         162 . The method of  claim 161 , 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.   
     
     
         163 . The method of  claim 150 , wherein the at least one user-specified location includes a first location and a second location, the method further comprising:
 outputting the user-specified weather condition in the first location via a first module and the second user-specified weather condition in the user-specified location via a second module.   
     
     
         164 . The method of  claim 163 , 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.   
     
     
         165 . The method of  claim 150 , 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.   
     
     
         166 . The method of  claim 165 , wherein the notification is output by graphically representing the increase or the decrease. 
     
     
         167 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer system 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 graphical user interface that stores a plurality of modules, each of the plurality of modules being preconfigured to output at least one weather condition of the plurality of weather conditions;   receive at least one user-specified location from a user via a graphical user interface;   provide functionality for the user to specify at least one user-specified weather condition by adding at least one module from the plurality of modules to a user-configured page of the graphical user interface;   store the 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 at least one module in the user-specified location by displaying the at least one module via the graphical user interface.