A system for collecting and managing wind speed data via an external communications network, the system comprising:
- one or more wind station, each respective wind station being disposed at a respective wind station location and including, respectively,
- an anemometer disposed at the respective wind station location and producing wind speed signals indicative of wind speeds at the respective wind station location;
- a station computing device disposed at the respective wind station location and operatively connected to the anemometer for receiving the wind speed signals and producing wind speed data corresponding to the wind speed signals;
- a station memory disposed at the respective wind station location and operatively connected to the station computing device for storing the wind speed data;
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- a station communication interface disposed at the respective wind station location, the station communication interface being operatively connected to the station computing device to receive wind speed data therefrom, and being operatively connected to an external communication network to the transmit wind speed data to the external communications network;
- one or more data server, each respective data server being disposed at a respective data server location and including, respectively,
- a server computing device disposed at the respective data server location;
- a server communication interface disposed at the respective data server location, the server communication interface being operatively connected to the external communication network to receive respective wind speed data from the one or more wind stations and operatively connected to the server computing device to provide the received respective wind speed data to the server computing device;
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- a server memory disposed at the respective data server location and operatively connected to the server computing device for storing the received respective wind speed data;
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- wherein the one or more data server can transmit the stored received respective wind speed data to another location on the external communications network;
- further comprising:
- one or more certification server, each respective certification server being disposed at a respective certification server location and including, respectively,
- a certification server computing device disposed at the respective certification server location;
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- a certification server communication interface disposed at the respective certification server location, the certification server communication interface being operatively connected to the external communication network to receive respective wind speed data from the one or more data servers and operatively connected to the certification server computing device to provide the received respective wind speed data to the certification server computing device;
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- wherein each of the one or more certification server can generate a respective data model, the respective data model comprising at least one of
- a historical storm model and
- a wind speed damage model;
- wherein each of the one or more certification server can generate a respective certification report based on the received respective wind speed data and the generated respective data models;
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- wherein the one or more certification server can transmit the generated respective certification report to another location on the external communications network;
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- further comprising:
- one or more payout server, each respective payout server being disposed at a respective payout server location and including, respectively,
- a payout server computing device disposed at the respective payout server location;
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- a payout server communication interface disposed at the respective payout server location, the payout server communication interface being operatively connected to the external communication network to receive the respective certification reports from the one or more certification server and to provide the received respective certification reports to the payout server computing device;
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- wherein each of the one or more payout server can determine if a received respective certification report satisfied the terms of a respective associated contract.