Automated management of airport revenues
First Claim
1. A system for managing airport finances, comprising:
- a data acquisition unit for receiving airport operations data from a plurality of sources, the plurality of sources including a means for tracking vehicle movement, including path of movement data for vehicles, the data acquisition unit outputting data from the received airport operations data;
a data correlation unit, for receiving the data and processing the data to remove duplicate entries and outputting a single stream of processed data;
a data warehouse, for receiving the processed data and storing the data in a predetermined database format; and
an interface for interfacing with the data warehouse to retrieve processed data from the database format to manage airport finances.
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Abstract
A solution is described which provides an airport with the tools to accurately manage all sources of airside revenues, including operational revenues and capital programs. The system of the present invention relies on the acquisition of any and all data related to the operations, property, lease, and revenue management of an airport, including aircraft tracking data. This data is then stored in a central database where it is processed, sorted, and stored for later retrieval. The data may exist in a number of forms including real-time streams, tabular, or in the form of a database. From this data, airport revenue information can be accurately managed.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for managing airport finances, comprising:
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a data acquisition unit for receiving airport operations data from a plurality of sources, the plurality of sources including a means for tracking vehicle movement, including path of movement data for vehicles, the data acquisition unit outputting data from the received airport operations data;
a data correlation unit, for receiving the data and processing the data to remove duplicate entries and outputting a single stream of processed data;
a data warehouse, for receiving the processed data and storing the data in a predetermined database format; and
an interface for interfacing with the data warehouse to retrieve processed data from the database format to manage airport finances. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for managing airport finances, comprising the steps of:
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receiving in a data acquisition unit, airport operations data from a plurality of sources, the plurality of sources including a means for tracking vehicle movement, including path of movement data for vehicles, and outputting from the data acquisition unit data from the received airport operations data;
correlating the data in a correlation unit to remove duplicate entries and outputting a single stream of processed data;
storing the processed data in a data warehouse in a predetermined database format; and
interfacing with the data warehouse to retrieve processed data from the database format to manage airport finances. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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