Apparatus and method for providing live display of aircraft flight information

• US 20030009267A1
• Filed: 05/01/2002
• Published: 01/09/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.
• Original Assignee: James T. Barry, Ronald Dunsky
• Inventors: Dunsky, Ronald, Barry, James T.
• Granted Patent: US 6,792,340 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/3
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0026 located on the ground
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0043 Traffic management of multiple aircrafts from the ground G08G5/003 takes precedence; data processing specially designed for resource management, e.g. scheduling or allocating time, human or machine resources G06Q10/06

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing live display of aircraft flight information is disclosed. The invention collects airline flight information from an airline reservation system and obtains aircraft location information based on secondary surveillance radar interrogation using dual frequencies. A central server integrates the airline flight information with the aircraft location information to produce aircraft flight information and provides live display of the aircraft flight information at an airline terminal.

Claims

1. A method for providing live display of aircraft flight information comprising:

collecting airline flight information from an airline reservation system;

obtaining aircraft location information based on secondary surveillance radar interrogation using dual frequencies;

integrating the airline flight information with the aircraft location information to obtain aircraft flight information; and

providing live display of the aircraft flight information at an airline terminal.

2. An apparatus for providing live display of aircraft flight information comprising:

means for collecting airline flight information from an airline reservation system;

means for obtaining aircraft location information based on secondary surveillance radar interrogation using dual frequencies;

means for integrating the airline flight information with the aircraft location information to obtain aircraft flight information; and

means for providing live display of the aircraft flight information at an airline terminal.