公开(公告)号：US5390237A

公开(公告)日：1995-02-14

申请号：US126210

申请日：1993-09-24

申请人： Robert H. Hoffman, Jr. ,  Armand R. Marino ,  Iliff N. Hartman

发明人： Robert H. Hoffman, Jr. ,  Armand R. Marino ,  Iliff N. Hartman

IPC分类号： G01W1/10 ,  H04M11/00 ,  H04M11/08

CPC分类号： G01W1/10 ,  H04M11/002

摘要： A real time weather information access and distribution system having a central switching and interface unit accessed at least in part via a commercial telephone network. A remote weather station is selected by the incoming caller by means of a "decision tree" process using a touch tone phone, and the central switching and interface unit makes contact with a local interface unit at the selected geographically remote weather reporting station. Weather information being produced and broadcast locally by the weather reporting station is then provided to the geographically remote incoming caller on a real-time basis via the local interface unit, being in communication with said central switching and interface unit, and thence to individual callers desiring said real time weather information. The central interface unit includes means for allowing a plurality of incoming callers to be simultaneously provided with the same local weather information from the same desired locality, without said incoming callers being able to interact with other callers or affect operation of said central interface unit. At least one of the local interface units includes a bridge tap coupled to the NOAA weather radio console.

摘要翻译： 具有至少部分经由商业电话网络访问的中央交换和接口单元的实时天气信息访问和分配系统。 来电者通过使用按键式电话的“决策树”处理选择一个远程气象站，中央交换和接口单元与选定的地理上偏远的天气报告站的本地接口单元进行接触。 然后由天气报告站在本地生成和广播的天气信息经由本地接口单元实时地提供给地理上远程的来话呼叫者，该中心交换和接口单元与所述中央交换和接口单元通信，并且因此需要个人呼叫者 说实时的天气信息。 中央接口单元包括用于允许多个来话呼叫者同时从相同的所需地点提供相同的本地天气信息的装置，而所述传入呼叫者能够与其他呼叫者交互或影响所述中央接口单元的操作。 至少一个本地接口单元包括耦合到NOAA天气无线电控制台的桥接抽头。