Financial activity based on tropical weather events
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1. A computerized method of offering for purchase, positions predicting a future first hurricane landstrike resulting from a substantially continuous ongoing natural process culminating in a future first hurricane landstrike, comprising:
- providing a computer graphical user interface having first and second portions;
providing a database containing
1) a map of geographical areas corresponding to the positions to be offered for purchase, the geographical areas being at least one of the coastal and the inland type,
2) strike probabilities of future first hurricane landstrikes for the geographical areas; and
3) offer prices for purchasing positions predicting future first hurricane landstrikes in respective geographical areas, that are based at least in part on respective strike probabilities; and
4) current severity of the continuous ongoing natural process;
displaying the map in the first portion of the graphical user interface with user selectable portions corresponding to the geographical areas of the map;
during the substantially continuous ongoing natural process, electronically obtaining updated data providing the basis for electronic calculations of strike probabilities of a future first hurricane landstrike for the geographical areas and updated current severity of the continuous ongoing natural process; and
in response to a user selecting a user selectable portion and thereby indicating a geographical area for selection, displaying in the second portion of the graphical user interface, an offer price, electronically updated in substantially real time so as to be based at least in part on an updated strike probability and the current severity of the continuous ongoing natural process, for purchasing a position predicting the future first hurricane landstrike in the indicated geographical area.
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Abstract
A financial activity network includes a central managing system connected to a plurality of participant terminals. Rules governing operation of the financial activity are stored for future reference. A participant provides investment information using a map with user selectable portions, for identifying the predicted qualifying strike.
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1. A computerized method of offering for purchase, positions predicting a future first hurricane landstrike resulting from a substantially continuous ongoing natural process culminating in a future first hurricane landstrike, comprising:
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providing a computer graphical user interface having first and second portions; providing a database containing
1) a map of geographical areas corresponding to the positions to be offered for purchase, the geographical areas being at least one of the coastal and the inland type,
2) strike probabilities of future first hurricane landstrikes for the geographical areas; and
3) offer prices for purchasing positions predicting future first hurricane landstrikes in respective geographical areas, that are based at least in part on respective strike probabilities; and
4) current severity of the continuous ongoing natural process;displaying the map in the first portion of the graphical user interface with user selectable portions corresponding to the geographical areas of the map; during the substantially continuous ongoing natural process, electronically obtaining updated data providing the basis for electronic calculations of strike probabilities of a future first hurricane landstrike for the geographical areas and updated current severity of the continuous ongoing natural process; and in response to a user selecting a user selectable portion and thereby indicating a geographical area for selection, displaying in the second portion of the graphical user interface, an offer price, electronically updated in substantially real time so as to be based at least in part on an updated strike probability and the current severity of the continuous ongoing natural process, for purchasing a position predicting the future first hurricane landstrike in the indicated geographical area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for offering purchase positions predicting a future first hurricane landstrike resulting from a substantially continuous ongoing natural process starting with a reported precursor tropical storm at sea and culminating in the future hurricane landstrike, comprising:
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a computer interface module for electronically providing a graphical user interface having first and second portions; a database containing
1) a map of geographical areas corresponding to the positions to be offered for purchase, the geographical areas being at least one of the coastal and the inland type,
2) electronically calculated strike probabilities of qualifying ones of said future hurricane landstrike for the geographical areas;
with qualification depending on proximity and severity of the landstrike for the geographical area of interest and
3) offer prices for purchasing positions predicting qualifying future hurricane landstrikes in respective ones of the geographical areas, electronically calculated, at least in part, on respective strike probabilities;the interface module communicating with the database to display the map in the first portion of the graphical user interface with user selectable portions corresponding to the geographical areas of the map; the database further containing electronically updated data during the substantially continuous ongoing natural process, that provides the basis for electronic calculations of qualifying strike probabilities of a future first hurricane landstrike for the geographical areas; and the interface module, in response to a user selecting a user selectable portion and thereby indicating a geographical area for selection, displaying in the second portion of the graphical user interface, an offer price, electronically updated in substantially real time so as to be based at least in part on an updated strike probability, for purchasing a position predicting a qualifying future first hurricane landstrike in the indicated geographical area. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture including a machine readable medium for causing a computer to perform a computerized method of offering for purchase, positions predicting a future first hurricane landstrike resulting from a substantially continuous ongoing natural process culminating in a future first hurricane landstrike, comprising:
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providing a computer graphical user interface having first and second portions; providing a database containing
1) a map of geographical areas corresponding to the positions to be offered for purchase, the geographical areas being at least one of the coastal and the inland type,
2) strike probabilities of future first hurricane landstrikes for the geographical areas; and
3) offer prices for purchasing positions predicting future first hurricane landstrikes in respective geographical areas, that are based at least in part on respective strike probabilities; and
4) current severity of the continuous ongoing natural process;displaying the map in the first portion of the graphical user interface with user selectable portions corresponding to the geographical areas of the map; during the substantially continuous ongoing natural process, electronically obtaining updated data providing the basis for electronic calculations of strike probabilities of a future first hurricane landstrike for the geographical areas and updated current severity of the continuous ongoing natural process; and in response to a user selecting a user selectable portion and thereby indicating a geographical area for selection, displaying in the second portion of the graphical user interface, an offer price, electronically updated in substantially real time so as to be based at least in part on an updated strike probability and the current severity of the continuous ongoing natural process, for purchasing a position predicting the future first hurricane landstrike in the indicated geographical area.
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