Underground Wind and Seismic Data Storage With Wireless Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wind and seismic data measurement devices are vulnerable to damage and data loss during severe weather events, leading to delays in data access and insurance claim resolution, and isoseismal maps inaccurately predict property damage due to lack of localized seismic data.
Innovation Solution
Implementing wind and seismic data management systems with underground, damage-resistant storage, wireless data transmission, and external communication networks to ensure data integrity and timely data transfer, along with data models for accurate damage estimation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wind speed data is stored at surface-level locations for easy access, then data retrieval is faster, but the storage devices are vulnerable to damage from severe weather events
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves data storage from the surface level to underground locations, changing the spatial dimension of storage. This allows the storage devices to be protected from severe weather events while still enabling data retrieval through wireless transmission and external networks, thus maintaining data integrity without significant access delay.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces wireless transmission capabilities and external communication networks as intermediaries between the underground storage devices and users. This mediator system allows data to be transferred from protected underground locations to remote locations without requiring physical access to the storage devices, resolving the contradiction between protection and accessibility.
2Ease of operation
If data is transmitted wirelessly to remote locations during severe weather, then data accessibility is improved, but data loss may occur due to communication disruptions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary actions by establishing multiple communication pathways and redundant storage mechanisms before severe weather events occur. The system is pre-configured with wireless transmission capabilities and external network connections that can operate independently, ensuring data accessibility even when primary communication channels are disrupted.
3Reliability
If more storage devices are deployed at measurement locations for data redundancy, then data resilience is improved, but the vulnerability to physical damage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent relocates storage devices from surface-level measurement locations to underground positions, changing the spatial dimension of deployment. This single location underground provides inherent protection from weather-related physical damage while maintaining data resilience through the system's architectural design, eliminating the need for multiple vulnerable surface devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates data copies through wireless transmission to remote locations and external networks. Instead of deploying multiple physical storage devices at vulnerable surface locations, the system creates digital copies that can be accessed remotely, providing data resilience without exposing additional physical devices to harm.
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AI summary
A system for collecting and managing parametric data via an external communications network comprises one or more parametric stations operatively connected via the external network to a certification server and a payout server. Each parametric station is configured to receive parametric data from a remote source, determine that the parametric data satisfies a predetermined condition, and transmit the parametric data over the external network to the certification server in response to the parametric data satisfying the predetermined condition. The certification server is configured to generate a certification report based on the parametric data and a data model related to the remote source and transmit the generated certification report to the payout server. The payout server is configured to determine that terms of an associated contract are satisfied based on the certification report, and trigger a payout based on the terms that are satisfied based on the certification report.