Patent ID: 8406162

Claim:
A method comprising: determining a first location associated with a weather data receiving device; retrieving a first time code corresponding to the determined first location associated with the weather data receiving device; receiving, at the weather data receiving device, a transmission of time synchronized weather data through a tower access, said transmission comprising header information; retrieving a second time code from the header information of the time synchronized weather data transmission; calculating, by the weather data receiving device, an activation time offset based on a difference between the first time code and the second time code; determining a transmission time for the time synchronized weather data transmission; determining an activation time for a receiver of the weather data receiving device based on the determined transmission time and the activation time offset; activating the receiver of the weather data receiving device at the determined activation time to receive weather data from the transmission of time synchronized weather data; and displaying weather data corresponding to the determined first location associated with the weather data receiving device.