Systems and methods for recommending business decisions influenced by weather elements
First Claim
1. A weather-based decision system for providing business recommendations based on a set of weather driven demand data, comprising:
- a confidence level filter for assigning a confidence level to data within the set of weather driven demand data;
an opportunity matrix filter coupled to said confidence level filter for assigning an opportunity level to data within the set of weather driven demand data;
a weather decision point generator coupled to said opportunity matrix filter for generating weather decision points;
a business rule recommendation engine coupled to said weather decision point generator for providing a business recommendation; and
a business rules knowledge database coupled to said business rule recommendation engine that contains business rules.
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Abstract
Systems and methods to generate business recommendations for specific business actions based on weather element forecasts and known relationships between a business activity and weather elements are provided. The system includes a confidence level filter, an opportunity matrix filter, a weather decision point generator, a business rule recommendation engine and a business rule knowledge database. Methods to generate a business recommendation for a business activity are also provided. The methods include receiving weather driven demand data, assigning opportunity measures to each of the data points, identifying weather decision points based on opportunity measures, and applying business weather rules to the weather decision points to generate business recommendations. In a further feature, a weather element relationship and/or a weather element forecast confidence level is assigned to each data point within the weather driven demand data. These confidence levels are then factored in to determine weather decision points.
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9 Claims
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1. A weather-based decision system for providing business recommendations based on a set of weather driven demand data, comprising:
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a confidence level filter for assigning a confidence level to data within the set of weather driven demand data;
an opportunity matrix filter coupled to said confidence level filter for assigning an opportunity level to data within the set of weather driven demand data;
a weather decision point generator coupled to said opportunity matrix filter for generating weather decision points;
a business rule recommendation engine coupled to said weather decision point generator for providing a business recommendation; and
a business rules knowledge database coupled to said business rule recommendation engine that contains business rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of generating a business recommendation for a business activity based on one or more weather elements, comprising:
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(a) receiving a weather element relationship for a business activity;
(b) receiving weather driven demand data for a set of time periods;
(c) assigning opportunity measures to each of the data points within the weather driven demand data;
(d) identifying weather decision points based on opportunity measures associated with a weather driven demand data point; and
(e) applying business weather rules to the weather decision points identified in step (d), thereby generating the business recommendation. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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