Presentation and management of aircraft availability data

• US 20060046718A1
• Filed: 08/26/2004
• Published: 03/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Penton Business Media, Inc. (Informa PLC)
• Original Assignee: Penton Business Media, Inc. (Informa PLC)
• Inventors: Gevalt, Frederick
• Application Number:
  US10/926,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20060046718A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.300
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A method for facilitating communication between a plurality of fixed base operators and a plurality of charter operators, including receiving a fixed base operator profile from a remote fixed base operator; querying a plurality of aircraft availability data based on the fixed base operator profile to obtain an opportunity; and notifying the fixed base operator if the opportunity matches the fixed base operator profile.

Claims

1. A method performed by a computer for facilitating communication over a network between a plurality of fixed base operator computers and a plurality of charter operator computers, comprising:

receiving a fixed base operator profile from a remote fixed base operator computer;

querying a database based on the fixed base operator profile to obtain a result;

presenting a marketing message web page to the remote fixed base operator computer if the result matches the fixed base operator profile;

receiving the marketing message web page from the remote fixed base operator computer; and

communicating the marketing message web page to a remote charter operator computer.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising

receiving a charter operator profile from a remote charter operator computer and wherein the communicating step includes communicating the marketing message web page to the remote charter operator computer if the result matches the charter operator profile.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the database includes a plurality of aircraft availability data.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the fixed base operator profile includes an airport.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein presenting includes sending an email message to the remote fixed base operator computer with a link to the marketing message web page.

6. A method for facilitating communication between a plurality of fixed base operators and a plurality of charter operators, comprising:

receiving a fixed base operator profile from a remote fixed base operator;

querying a plurality of aircraft availability data based on the fixed base operator profile to obtain an opportunity; and

notifying the fixed base operator if the opportunity matches the fixed base operator profile.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising

inferring the opportunity from transient aircraft availability data.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein querying includes querying a plurality of scheduling data.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising

receiving a marketing message from the remote fixed base operator;

and

communicating the marketing message to the charter operator.

10. The method of claim 6 further comprising

receiving a charter operator profile from a remote charter operator;

and

wherein the communicating step occurs if the opportunity matches the charter operator profile.

11. A computer storage medium having stored thereon the opportunity produced according to the method of claim 6.

12. A computer storage medium having stored thereon instructions causing a computer to perform the method of claim 6.

13. A notification received by a fixed base operator comprising:

an identifier for a charter operator; and

a plurality of transient availability data with respect to an aircraft, the aircraft being operated in connection with the charter operator.

14. A network comprising:

a database for storing aircraft availability data;

a fixed base operator computer;

a charter operator computer; and

a notification module in communication with the charter operator computer and the fixed base operator computer, the notification module being configured to;

receive aircraft availability data from the database; and

communicate a notification to the fixed base operator computer if the database contains a record that matches a fixed base operator profile.

15. A system for facilitating communication between a plurality of fixed base operator computers and a plurality of charter operator computers, comprising:

a database for storing aircraft availability data; and

a notification module in communication with the database and a fixed base operator for communicating aircraft availability data to the fixed base operator based on a profile.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the profile includes at least one airport.

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the notification module is automatic.

18. A method for facilitating communication between a plurality of fixed base operators and a plurality of charter operators, comprising:

receiving a fixed base operator profile from a remote fixed base operator;

querying a plurality of scheduling data based on the fixed base operator profile to obtain an opportunity; and

notifying the fixed base operator if the opportunity matches the fixed base operator profile.