Air vessel tracking system and method
First Claim
1. A method for detecting and reporting in-flight alert conditions of a plurality of aircraft using a computer system, comprising:
- monitoring one or more flight characteristics of the plurality of aircraft with the computer system, wherein the computer system is not on-board any of the plurality of aircraft;
comparing at least one of the flight characteristics to one or more normal flight characteristics to assess an alert condition of at least one of the plurality of aircraft with the computer system; and
reporting the alert condition of at least one of the plurality of aircraft with the computer system.
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Abstract
A vessel tracking system may be used to detect and report an alert condition of a vessel (e.g., an aircraft). A vessel tracking system may monitor one or more travel (e.g., flight) characteristics of a vessel. At least one of the travel characteristics may be compared to one or more normal flight characteristics to assess an alert condition of the vessel. In some embodiments, the alert condition of the vessel may be reported (e.g., visually reported on a display). The alert condition of the vessel may be changed if at least one of the travel characteristics deviates from at least one normal travel characteristic. In certain embodiments, a boundary condition of an alert for the vessel may be modified if at least one of the travel characteristics deviates from at least one normal travel characteristic.
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1. A method for detecting and reporting in-flight alert conditions of a plurality of aircraft using a computer system, comprising:
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monitoring one or more flight characteristics of the plurality of aircraft with the computer system, wherein the computer system is not on-board any of the plurality of aircraft; comparing at least one of the flight characteristics to one or more normal flight characteristics to assess an alert condition of at least one of the plurality of aircraft with the computer system; and reporting the alert condition of at least one of the plurality of aircraft with the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method for detecting and reporting a state of a plurality of aircraft using a computer system, comprising:
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monitoring one or more flight characteristics of the plurality of aircraft with the computer system, wherein the computer system is remotely located from the plurality of aircraft; assessing a dynamic state of at least one of the plurality of aircraft from the one or more flight characteristics with the computer system; comparing the dynamic state of at least one of the plurality of aircraft to a normal dynamic state for the aircraft with the computer system; and modifying one or more boundary conditions of an alert for at least one of the plurality of aircraft if at least one of the flight characteristics of the dynamic state of the aircraft deviates from a predetermined value of at least one normal flight characteristic of the normal dynamic state with the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A method for detecting and reporting in-flight alert conditions of a plurality of aircraft using an earthbound computer system, comprising:
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monitoring one or more flight characteristics of the plurality of aircraft with the earthbound computer system; assessing one or more normal flight characteristics of at least one of the plurality of aircraft based on a flight phase of the aircraft with the earthbound computer system; comparing at least one of the flight characteristics to one or more of the normal flight characteristics to assess an alert condition of at least one of the plurality of aircraft with the earthbound computer system; and reporting the alert condition of at least one of the aircraft with the earthbound computer system. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96)
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