A novel pager and paging system provides subscribers with astronomical and meteorological information. A service provider compiles a database of astronomical and meteorological information such as: current and forecast weather conditions; where and when celestial phenomena can be observed; horoscope information; and constellation configurations. Subscribers provide the service provider with a profile detailing what information the subscriber wishes to receive. The service provider will collect information, match the information to the subscriber's profile, and transmit the matching information to the subscriber.
This invention provides methods of supplying information for fortunetelling wherein a user can receive useful information by accessing a fortunetelling site. A server delivers the fortune information to a client based on the presetting of the delivery at a fixed time everyday, the delivery at every hour, the delivery when the user's biorhythm is low, and the delivery when the fortune result is ill or good. When the delivery time is decided a computer calculates the fortune result out and the server delivers the result. When the delivery time is not decided the computer is preset to perform a fortunetelling and to calculate the fortune result where the computer judges good or ill result of the fortunetelling and thus the server delivers the fortune result in compliance with the judgment of the computer.
A method and apparatus of an alert system for notifying subscribers of weather or hazardous conditions. A weather-tracking source or service broadcasts weather or hazardous conditions across the nation to alert the general public of potentially dangerous climatic and hazardous conditions that may arise from time to time. A weather service provider receives the weather condition broadcasts from the weather-tracking source or service and transmits weather or hazardous condition signals to subscribers having an alert unit. The alert unit is a passive device capable of receiving and warning the subscribers of the weather or hazardous condition broadcasts.
Specific advertisements and other information can be communicated to the user of a mobile vehicle depending on the vehicle's position, vehicle or user characteristics, or other vehicle-specific data.
Specific advertisements and other information can be communicated to the user of a mobile vehicle depending on the vehicles or occupants needs or preferences.
A system and method for generating storm warnings which are precisely tailored automatically for a particular individual or business user's geographic location of interest. The user establishes an individualized user profile, in which the user may define a particular location of interest and a contact address to which a personalized storm warning is to be delivered. The user may also establish a storm profile defining characteristics of a storm for which the user desires a storm warning to be provided. A detailed and accurate storm track is generated. Generated storm tracks are compared to individual user profiles. Personalized storm warnings are generated for user profiles defining locations of interest within a predicted storm track, if the storm track characteristics of the storm meet the characteristics specified in the storm profile established by the user, and may be delivered to users via e-mail, cell phone, pager, etc.
