IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0819349
(2001-03-28)
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발명자
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- Sznaider, Ronald J.
- Chenevert, Douglas P.
- Hugg, Robert L.
- Reece, Clive F.
- Block, James H.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
81 인용 특허 :
49 |
초록
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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 e
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.
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1. A method for automatically generating weather alerts based upon the location of assets to be monitored comprising:a. creating a network comprising a file server and a plurality of addressable workstations, each of said workstations individually associated with at least one asset to be monitored,
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A method for automatically generating weather alerts based upon the location of assets to be monitored comprising:a. creating a network comprising a file server and a plurality of addressable workstations, each of said workstations individually associated with at least one asset to be monitored, said workstations each under the control of a separate decision maker;b. constructing a first database accessible by said file server, said first database including (i) information identifying the assets to be monitored, (ii) mapping information related to the locations of said assets to be monitored, (iii) for each asset to be monitored, the address of each workstation associated therewith, and (iv) predetermined weather parameters and associated thresholds for said assets;c. automatically ingesting multiple types of weather data into a second database accessible by said file server;d. automatically using software to (i) process said mapping information related to the location of assets to be monitored and processing said data in said second database to determine what weather conditions will exist at the locations of assets to be monitored, and (ii) compare, for said locations of assets to be monitored, said weather conditions with said predetermined weather thresholds to determine whether assets to be monitored are located where weather conditions will exceed said predetermined weather thresholds; ande. automatically transmitting an alert message to a workstation associated with an asset to be monitored if weather conditions will exceed said predetermined weather thresholds. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein different sets of predetermined weather thresholds are stored in said first database for different assets to be monitored and an alert message is only transmitted to a workstation associated with an asset to be monitored if weather conditions at the location of the asset will exceed the set of predetermined weather thresholds for that asset. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein said workstations are remote from the locations with which they are associated. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said workstations is a personal computer. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said workstations is a telephone. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said workstations is a wireless two-way communications device. 7. The method of claim 1 further including the step of archiving said messages. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the workstations is portable, co-located with an asset with which it is associated and sends new location information to the file server for the asset with which it is co-located, said new location information used to update the information identifying the location of assets to be monitored included in said first database. 9. A weather-enabled decision support apparatus for automatically generating asset-based weather alerts comprising:a. a network comprising a file server and a plurality of addressable workstations, each of said workstations individually associated with at least one asset to be monitored, said workstations each under the control of a separate decision maker;b. a first database accessible by said file server, said first database including (i) information identifying the assets to be monitored, (ii) mapping information related to the locations of said assets to be monitored, (iii) for each asset to be monitored, the address of each workstation associated therewith, and (iv) predetermined weather parameters and associated thresholds for said assets;c. a second database accessible by said file server including multiple types of weather data automatically ingested into said second database,d. software for automatically (i) processing said mapping information related to said locations of assets to be monitored and process said data in said second database to determine what weather conditions will exist at said locations of assets to be monitored, (ii) comparin g, for said locations of assets to be monitored, said weather conditions to said predetermined thresholds to determine whether weather conditions at any of said locations of said assets to be monitored will exceed said thresholds, and (iii) generating and transmitting weather alert messages to workstations associated with assets to be monitored where weather conditions will exceed said predetermined thresholds. 10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein different sets of predetermined weather thresholds are stored in said first database for different assets and an alert message is only transmitted to a workstation associated with an asset if weather conditions at that location of the asset will exceed the set of predetermined weather thresholds for that asset. 11. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said workstations are remote from the locations of said assets with which they are associated. 12. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein at least one of said workstations is a personal computer. 13. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein at least one of said workstations is a telephone. 14. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein at least one of said workstations is a wireless two-way communications device. 15. The apparatus of claim 9 further including storage in which said messages are archived. 16. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein at least one of the workstations is portable, co-located with an asset with which it is associated and sends new location information to the file server for the asset with which it is co-located, said new location information used to update the information identifying the locations of assets to be monitored included in said first database. 17. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said predetermined weather parameters and associated thresholds are selectable. 18. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein said alert messages can be based either upon current or predicted future weather conditions. 19. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein at least one of said workstations includes a display and is capable of displaying in graphical form a set of said assets and indicating which of said assets in said set of assets are the subject of an alert. 20. A weather-enabled decision support apparatus for automatically generating asset based weather alerts comprising:a file server and a plurality of addressable workstations, each of said workstations under the control of a separate decision maker and selectively associated with at least one asset to be monitored and capable of communicating with the fileserver and forming a network therewith, said file server capable of:a. storing geographic information related to locations of assets to be monitored;b. for individual assets to be monitored, storing the address of at least one workstation associated with the asset;c. storing a predetermined set of weather related parameters and associated thresholds for said assets;d. and being programmed to (i) automatically ingest multiple types of weather data from at least one source; (ii) use said weather data and said geographic information to map weather conditions relative to the individual locations of assets to be monitored: (iii) use the weather data to determine if individual locations of assets to be monitored exist where weather conditions will exceed at least one of said thresholds; and (iv) automatically generate a first alert message if there is an intersection between a location of an asset to be monitored and a geographic area where weather conditions will exceed at least one of said thresholds and automatically transmit said first alert message over said network to the address of the at least one workstation associated with the asset located where said intersection exists. 21. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein different sets of predetermined weather thresholds are stored by said file server for different assets and an alert message is only transmitted to a workstation associated with an asset if weather conditions at the location of said asset will exceed th e set of predetermined weather thresholds for that asset. 22. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein said workstations are remote from the location of the assets with which they are associated. 23. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein at least one of said workstations is a personal computer. 24. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein at least one of said workstations is a telephone. 25. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein at least one of said workstations is a wireless two-way communications device. 26. The apparatus of claim 20 further including storage in which said messages are archived. 27. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein at least one of the workstations is portable, co-located with an asset to be numbered and sends new location information for said asset to the file server, said new location information used to update said information identifying the locations of assets to be monitored stored by the file server. 28. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein said predetermined weather parameters and associated thresholds are selectable. 29. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein said alert messages can be based either upon current or predicted future weather conditions. 30. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein at least one of said workstations includes a display and is capable of displaying in graphical form a set of said assets and indicating which of said assets in said set of assets are the subject of an alert. 31. A weather-enabled decision support apparatus for automatically generating asset-based weather alerts comprising:a file server and a plurality of addressable workstations, each of said workstations under the control of a separate decision maker and selectively associated with one or more assets to be monitored and capable of communicating with the file server and forming a network therewith, said file server capable of:a. storing geographic information related to assets to be monitored;b. for individual assets to be monitored, storing the address of at least one workstation associated with the location;c. storing at least one predetermined set of weather related parameters and associated thresholds for said assets;d. and being programmed to (i) automatically ingest multiple types of weather data from at least one source, (ii) automatically compare said weather data to said thresholds, (iii) automatically compare locations of individual assets to be monitored and geographic areas where weather conditions will exceed at least one of said thresholds, (iv) automatically using said comparison to identify which individual assets to be monitored are located where weather conditions exceeding at least one of said thresholds will exist, (v) automatically generate a first alert message if there is an intersection between the location of an asset to be monitored and a geographic area where weather conditions will exceed at least one of said thresholds; and (vi) automatically transmit said first alert message over said network to the address of the at least one workstation associated with the asset located where said intersection exists. 32. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein said file server is further programmed to wait a predetermined period of time after transmitting said first alert message for an acknowledgement of receipt of said alert message and, if no acknowledgement is received during said predetermined period, generate a second message to a second of said addressable workstations. 33. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein said at least one workstation includes a display and said first alert message sent to said at least one workstation contains a map such that a representation of at least a portion of said map is displayed on the display of said at least one workstation. 34. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein said predetermined weather parameters and associated thresholds are selectable. 35. The apparatus of claim 31 wherein said alert messages can be based either upon current or predicted future weather conditions. 36. The apparatus of claim 3 1 wherein at least one of said workstations includes a display and is capable of displaying in graphical form a set of said assets and indicating which of said assets in said set of assets are the subject of an alert. 37. A weather-enabled decisions support apparatus for automatically generating asset based weather alerts comprising:a file server and a plurality of addressable workstations, each of said workstations under the control of a separate decision maker and selectively associated with one or more assets to be monitored and capable of communicating with the file server and forming a network therewith, said file server capable of:a. storing, for each asset to be monitored, geographic information related to location of said asset and the address of at least one workstation selectively associated with said asset;b. storing at least one predetermined set of weather related parameters and associated thresholds for said assets;c. and being programmed to (i) automatically ingest multiple types of weather data from at least one source, (ii) automatically compare said weather data to said thresholds, (iii) automatically determine whether any assets to be monitored are located in geographic areas where weather conditions will exceed at least one of said thresholds, (iv) automatically generate a first alert message if a geographic area where weather conditions will exceed at least one of said thresholds; and (vi) automatically transmit said first alert message over said network to the address of said at least one workstation selectively associated with said asset. 38. The apparatus of claim 34 wherein at least one of said workstations is a personal computer. 39. The apparatus of claim 34 wherein at least one of said workstations is a telephone. 40. The apparatus of claim 34 wherein at least one of said workstations is a wireless two-way communications device. 41. The apparatus of claim 34 further including storage in which said messages can be archived. 42. The apparatus of claim 34 wherein at least one of the workstations is portable co-located with an asset and sends new location information to the file server, said new location information used to update the information stored by the file server identifying the locations of assets to be monitored. 43. The apparatus of claim 34 wherein said at least one workstation includes a display and said first alert message sent to said at least one workstation contains a map such that a representation of at least a portion of said map is displayed on said at least one workstation. 44. A weather-enabled decision support apparatus for automatically generating asset based weather alerts to people having responsibility for said assets comprising:a. a plurality of addressable workstations, each of said workstations assigned to persons having responsibility for at least one asset to be monitored;b. a file server capable of:(i) storing a plurality of sets of predetermined weather related parameters and associated thresholds for said assets;(ii) storing, for each asset to be monitored, geographic information related to the location of said asset, the identity of the set of predetermined weather related thresholds to be used for said asset, and the address of a workstation assigned to a person having responsibility for said asset;(iii) automatically ingesting weather data;(iv) determining the weather conditions for the location of each asset to be monitored;(v) comparing, for each asset to be monitored, weather conditions for the location of said asset with the set of predetermined weather related thresholds to be used for said asset to determine whether the weather conditions at the location of said asset will exceed any of the thresholds in the set of predetermined weather related thresholds to be use for said asset;(vi) automatically generating a first alert message and automatically transmitting said message to the address of a workstation assigned to a person having responsibility for an asse t to be monitored if weather conditions will exceed at least one of the thresholds of the set of thresholds associate with that asset at the location of said asset. 45. The apparatus of claim 41 wherein at least one of said workstations is a personal computer. 46. The apparatus of claim 41 wherein at least one of said workstations is a telephone. 47. The apparatus of claim 41 wherein at least one of said workstations is a wireless two-way communications device. 48. The apparatus of claim 41 further including storage in which said messages are archived. 49. The apparatus of claim 41 wherein at least one of the workstations is portable, moves with the asset with which it is associate and sends new location information to the file server, said new location information used to update the information stored on the file server identifying the locations of assets to be monitored. 50. The apparatus of claim 41 wherein said at least one workstation includes a display and said first alert message sent to said at least one workstation contains a map such that a representation of a map showing weather data and the location of at least one asset to be monitored is displayed on said at least one workstation. 51. The apparatus of claim 41 wherein said predetermined weather parameters and associated thresholds are selectable. 52. The apparatus of claim 41 wherein said alert messages can be based either upon current or predicted future weather conditions. 53. The apparatus of claim 41 wherein at least one of said workstations includes a display and is capable of displaying in graphical form a set of said assets and indicating which of said assets in said set of assets are the subject of an alert.
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