FLIGHT TIME COMPARATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20190311633A1
• Filed: 05/20/2019
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jet Advisors, LLC
• Original Assignee: Jet Advisors, LLC
• Inventors: O'Leary, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 10,930,161 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/00 Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for camouflage F41H3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 23/00 Combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value, e.g. for aircraft; Combined measuring devices for measuring two or more variables of movement, e.g. distance, speed or acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/88 Radar or analogous systems specially adapted for specific applications electromagnetic prospecting or detecting of objects, e.g. near-field detection, G01V3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/89 for mapping or imaging
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0034 Assembly of a flight plan
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0039 Modification of a flight plan
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0052 for cruising combined instruments indicating more than one navigational value G01C23/00
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/006 in accordance with predefined flight zones, e.g. to avoid prohibited zones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

A system and method operating on a computer system connected to one or more internal and external databases for statistical analysis of externally collected data of aircraft movements (AM Data) to develop business intelligence to understand, forecast and/or confirm aircraft transactions, market activity, usage patterns, industry trends, development of new business, products and procedures as well as verify the accuracy of invoices, flight records, flight/duty logs, flight time invoiced, airport enplanements/usage, geographic/in-state usage, regulatory/operational compliance and aircraft records when compared with AM Data combined with computed flight times.

Claims

1. A method of using a computer system comprising at least one computer and a storage device for storing a program for executing on said computer system for verifying reported or estimated aircraft flight information, said method comprising the steps of:

the computer system executing instructions in said program to provide a user interface to said computer system for accepting aircraft and flight information from a user about an actual or proposed current flight along a route for a particular aircraft;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve aircraft information about the particular aircraft from a database storing information about a plurality of different aircraft;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve information about the current flight;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to calculate verification information for the current flight utilizing the retrieved information about the current flight and utilizing the retrieved aircraft information; and

the computer system executing instructions in said program to generate a report utilizing said verification information configured to verify the actual or proposed flight for the particular aircraft.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said information about the current flight includes geographical information about the route of the current flight.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said information about the current flight includes weather information about the route of the current flight.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve previous flight information about flights of other aircraft similar to the particular aircraft along the route, wherein said calculated verification information is calculated using said previous flight information, and further wherein the report utilizing said verification information configured to verify the actual or proposed flight for the particular aircraft includes identification of discrepancies in information about the current flight.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said information about the current flight includes weather information about the route and also includes geographical information about the route of the current flight.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the report utilizing said verification information also includes information about discrepancies regarding at least one of the previous flights.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes identification of any discrepancies in the information reported about the current flight.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes information about flight time(s) for the current flight over the route of the current flight.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes predictions of flight information for future flights.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes information about discrepancies in one or more logs reported regarding the current flight.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said information about the current flight includes standard operating procedures pertinent for the current flight.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said information about the current flight includes regulations pertinent to the current flight.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said information about the current flight includes data generated during the current flight about the current flight.

14. A method of using a computer system comprising at least one computer and a storage device for storing a program for executing on said computer system for verifying reported or estimated aircraft flight information, said method comprising the steps of:

the computer system executing instructions in said program to provide a user interface to said computer system for accepting aircraft and flight information from a user about an actual or proposed current flight along a route for a particular aircraft;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve aircraft information about the particular aircraft from a database storing information about a plurality of different aircraft;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve information about the current flight including geographical and/or weather information about the route for the current flight;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve flight information about the current flight;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to calculate verification information for the current flight utilizing the retrieved information about the current flight including the geographical and/or weather information, and utilizing the retrieved aircraft information; and

the computer system executing instructions in said program to generate a report utilizing said verification information configured to verify the actual or proposed flight for the particular aircraft.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve previous flight information about flights of other aircraft similar to the particular aircraft along the route, wherein said calculated verification information is calculated using said previous flight information, and further wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes identification of any discrepancies in the information reported about the current flight.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes information about discrepancies reported regarding the current flight and/or information about discrepancies regarding at least one of the previous flights.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes identification of discrepancies in the information reported about the current flight.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes information about flight time(s) for the current flight over the route of the current flight.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes information about discrepancies in one or more logs reported regarding the current flight.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes predictions of flight information for future flights.

21. The method of claim 14, wherein said retrieved information about the current flight includes standard operating procedures pertinent for the current flight.

22. The method of claim 14, wherein said retrieved information about the current flight includes regulations pertinent to the current flight.

23. The method of claim 14, wherein said retrieved information about the current flight includes data generated during the current flight about the current flight.

24. A method of using a computer system comprising at least one computer and a storage device for storing a program for executing on said computer system for verifying reported or estimated aircraft flight information, said method comprising the steps of:

the computer system executing instructions in said program to provide a user interface to said computer system for accepting aircraft and flight information from a user about an actual or proposed current flight along a route for a particular aircraft;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve aircraft information about the particular aircraft from a database storing information about a plurality of different aircraft;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve geographical and/or weather information about the route for the current flight;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve information about the current flight including standard operating procedures and/or regulations pertinent to the current flight;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to calculate verification information for the route for the current flight utilizing the retrieved geographical and/or weather information and utilizing the retrieved aircraft information as compared to the information about the current flight; and

the computer system executing instructions in said program to generate a report utilizing said verification information configured to verify the actual or proposed flight for the particular aircraft, said report including identification of discrepancies in the information reported about the current flight.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising the step of the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve previous flight information about flights of other aircraft similar to the particular aircraft along the route, wherein said calculated verification information is calculated using said previous flight information.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes information about discrepancies reported regarding the current flight and/or information about discrepancies regarding at least one of the previous flights.

27. The method of claim 24, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes information about flight time(s) for the current flight over the route.

28. The method of claim 24, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes information about discrepancies in one or more logs reported regarding the current flight.

29. The method of claim 24, wherein the report utilizing said verification information includes predictions of flight information for future flights.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein said retrieved information about the current flight includes data generated during the current flight about aircraft movements occurring during the current flight.

31. A method of using a computer system comprising at least one computer and a storage device for storing a program for executing on said computer system for verifying reported or estimated aircraft flight information, said method comprising the steps of:

the computer system executing instructions in said program to provide a user interface to said computer system for accepting aircraft and flight information from a user about an actual or proposed current flight along a route for a particular aircraft;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve aircraft information about the particular aircraft from a database storing information about a plurality of different aircraft;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve geographical information about the route for the current flight;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve information about the current flight including standard operating procedures and/or regulations pertinent to the current flight, and also including data generated during the current flight about aircraft movements occurring during the current flight;

the computer system executing instructions in said program to calculate verification information for the route for the current flight utilizing the retrieved geographical information and utilizing the retrieved aircraft information as compared to the retrieved information about the current flight, wherein said calculating utilizes one or more statistical methods; and

the computer system executing instructions in said program to generate a report utilizing said verification information configured to verify the actual or proposed flight for the particular aircraft, said report including identification of discrepancies in the information about the current flight, wherein said discrepancies include discrepancies about flight time(s) and/or log entries and/or violations in the regulations and/or current operating procedures for the current flight over the route.

32. The method of claim 31, further comprising the step of the computer system executing instructions in said program to retrieve previous flight information about flights of other aircraft similar to the particular aircraft along the route, wherein said calculated verification information is calculated using said previous flight information, and wherein said report also includes information about discrepancies regarding at least one of the previous flights.