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Air traffic and weather data aggregating and de-conflicting

  • US 10,529,239 B2
  • Filed: 08/15/2016
  • Issued: 01/07/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a communication interface; and

    one or more processors configured to;

    receive, via the communication interface, a set of data comprising composite air traffic radio surveillance data from one or more relaying aircraft and composite weather data from the one or more relaying aircraft, wherein the composite air traffic radio surveillance data comprises air traffic radio surveillance data from the one or more relaying aircraft and air traffic radio surveillance data relayed by the one or more relaying aircraft from one or more additional aircraft, wherein the composite weather data comprises weather data from the one or more relaying aircraft and weather data relayed by the one or more relaying aircraft from one or more additional aircraft, and wherein the one or more processors are configured to receive the set of data at a time when at least one of the one or more additional aircraft are out of range of any ground-based station,receive, via the communication interface, data from one or more non-aircraft data sources,aggregate and de-conflict the set of data and the data from the one or more non-aircraft data sources to generate an aggregated and de-conflicted data set, wherein to aggregate and de-conflict the set of data, the one or more processors are configured to;

    identify a data conflict above a nominal threshold of difference between a first set of data from a first source and a second set of data from a second source, wherein the first source comprises a relaying aircraft of the one or more relaying aircraft, an additional aircraft of the one or more additional aircraft, or a non-aircraft data source of the one or more non-aircraft data sources, and wherein the second source comprises a relaying aircraft of the one or more relaying aircraft, an additional aircraft of the one or more additional aircraft, or a non-aircraft data source of the one or more non-aircraft data sources;

    identify one of the first set of data from the first source and the second set of data from the second source as a more reliable data set;

    determine, based on the identification of the more reliable data set, a de-conflicted data set to resolve the data conflict; and

    include the de-conflicted data set in the aggregated and de-conflicted data set; and

    generate an output based at least in part on the aggregated and de-conflicted data set.

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