Enhanced weather and traffic information from mobile communication devices

A subscription information system, comprising:

• a cellular telephone operating through a wireless cellular service to a public service telephone network (PSTN);
• an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Server with a dedicated access number connected to the PSTN and recognizing a limited number of preprogrammed information types;
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• an information server connected to the IVR, the information server storing and updating information pertaining to the limited number of information types according to geographic location;
• characterized in that the cellular service receives with an incoming call an indication of the telephone's geographic location, recognizes a first portion of an input dialing string to connect an incoming call to the IVR, sending the location along with the call, and the IVR recognizes a second portion of the dialing string to select among the limited number of information types, and a third portion of the dialing string to recognize direction and distance from the telephones position, calculating a new position, sending the new position to the information server with the information type, and the information server provides information according to the information type for the new position to the IVR, which provides the information to the telephone through the cellular service.