Patent ID: 7984052
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G01W,G06F,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a data record interface coupled to a weather interactive processing system, a data record including geospatially related information from a data source, the data record having a first data type that is different than a second data type used by the weather interactive processing system, wherein the weather processing system processes and enables analysis of weather related information; determining the first data type of the data record; invoking a plug-in that is selected from a plurality of plug-ins based upon the first data type; converting, using the plug-in, the first data type of the data record to a second data type; storing the data record in a first database; extracting metadata information from the data record and store the metadata information as a metadata record in a structured query language database; and transmitting the data record to the weather interactive processing system; the plurality of plug-ins comprising a plurality of processes, the plurality of processes comprising: an ingest process receiving the data record and parsing information in the data record into a plurality of individual fields; a conversion process converting the first data type of the data record to the second data type used by the weather interactive processing system; and a persistence process enabling temporary storage of the data records in the first database; the data record interface comprising an application abstraction layer, the application abstraction layer providing communications with the plurality of processes of the plurality of plug-ins; and the application abstraction layer being implemented using a Java messaging service.