Patent ID: 6297766
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G01K,G01S,G01W

Abstract:
A portable weather indicating device, comprising:a processor;a wireless communication link coupled to the processor for receiving weather data from a source identified by at least one uniform resource locator (URL) accessible by the processor and for transferring the weather data to the processor;a global location device coupled to the processor for determining the location of the portable weather indicator;a display coupled to the processor, the display receiving data from the processor that includes at least one graphical weather image, the graphical weather image indicating: 1) the location of the portable weather indicator as determined from the global location device; and 2) a graphical representation of the weather data; anda housing that contains the processor, the wireless communication link, the global location device, and the display, the housing having dimensions that allow a person to hold the housing in one hand.