Airport operations monitoring system

• US 20070156635A1
• Filed: 01/04/2006
• Published: 07/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JBT AeroTech Corporation (John Bean Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: John Bean Technologies Corporation
• Inventors: Buford, Larry, Tatton, Stephen
• Granted Patent: US 7,477,145 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/025 Extracting rules from data

Abstract

A system for monitoring aircraft/airport operations is disclosed which includes a controller operatively coupled to a network, a data storage device comprising flight information data that is operatively coupled to the network, a data storage device comprising gate information data that is operatively coupled to the network and at least one user interface wherein a user may access the flight information data and the gate information data. A method of monitoring airport operations is also disclosed which includes accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data and monitoring at least one activity relating to airport operations based upon information accessed in the single integrated system.

Claims

1. An integrated system for monitoring operations, comprising:

a controller operatively coupled to a network;

at least one data storage device that is operatively coupled to said network, said at least one data storage device comprising flight information data and gate information data; and

at least one user interface wherein a user may access said flight information data and said gate information data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one data storage device comprises gate scheduling data and wherein said user may also access said gate scheduling data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one data storage device comprises facility information data and wherein said user may also access said facility information data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one data storage device comprises equipment maintenance data and wherein said user may also access said equipment maintenance data.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising means for generating a report of exception conditions within said system based upon said flight information data and said gate information data.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one data storage device comprises multiple data storage devices.

7. An integrated system for monitoring operations, comprising:

a controller operatively coupled to a network;

at least one data storage device that is operatively coupled to said network, said at least one data storage device comprising flight information data, gate information data, and gate scheduling data;

at least one user interface wherein a user may access said flight information data, said gate information data, and said gate scheduling data; and

at least one device for generating a report of exception conditions within said system based upon at least said flight information data and said gate information data.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said at least one data storage device comprises facility information data and wherein said user may also access said facility information data.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein said at least one data storage device comprises equipment maintenance data and wherein said user may also access said equipment maintenance data.

10. A method, comprising:

accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data; and

monitoring at least one activity relating to aircraft/airport operations based upon information accessed in said single integrated system.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein accessing said single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data comprises accessing said single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and gate scheduling data.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein accessing said single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data comprises accessing said single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and facility information data.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein accessing said single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data comprises accessing said single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and equipment maintenance data.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising taking at least one corrective action based upon said monitoring of said at least one activity.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising identifying an exception condition based upon said monitoring of said at least one activity.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising identifying a cause of said exception condition.

17. A method, comprising:

accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and gate scheduling data;

monitoring at least one activity relating to aircraft/airport operations based upon information accessed in said single integrated system; and

identifying an exception condition based upon said monitoring of said at least one activity.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein accessing said single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and gate scheduling data comprises accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data, gate scheduling data and facility information data.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein accessing said single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data comprises accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data, gate scheduling data and equipment maintenance data.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising taking at least one corrective action based upon said monitoring of said at least one activity.

21. The method of claim 17, further comprising identifying a cause of said exception condition.

22. A method, comprising:

accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and gate scheduling data;

monitoring at least one activity relating to aircraft/airport operations based upon information accessed in said single integrated system; and

taking at least one corrective action based upon said monitoring of said at least one activity.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein accessing said single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and gate scheduling data comprises accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data, gate scheduling data and facility information data.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein accessing said single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data comprises accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data, gate scheduling data and equipment maintenance data.

25. A method, comprising:

accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data; and

establishing rules within said system to identify exception conditions that occur within said system.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data comprises accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and gate scheduling data.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data comprises accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and facility information data.

28. The method of claim 25, wherein accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data and gate information data comprises accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and equipment maintenance data.

29. The method of claim 25, further comprising indicating that an exception condition has occurred.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising taking at least one corrective action based upon said indication that an exception condition has occurred.

31. A method, comprising:

accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and gate scheduling data;

establishing rules within said system to identify exception conditions that occur within said system; and

taking at least one corrective action based upon said indication that an exception condition has occurred.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and gate scheduling data comprises accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data, gate scheduling data and facility information data.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data and gate scheduling data comprises accessing a single integrated system having access to flight information data, gate information data, gate scheduling data and equipment maintenance data.