System and method for determining a weight of an arriving aircraft

• US 7,970,619 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2008
• Issued: 06/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.
• Original Assignee: PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.
• Inventors: Cinello, Louis, Stringer, Matthew, Danto, Evan J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Saliard; Shannon S
• Application Number:
  US12/176,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20100036669A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• Field of Search: 705/400, 705/1.1, 705/13
• US Class Current: 705/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination

Abstract

A method for receiving data for an aircraft landing at an airport, the data including an aircraft type and one of an owner and an operator of the aircraft, the data excluding a unique identifier for the aircraft, retrieving additional data related to the aircraft based on the data, the additional data including a landing weight and reporting the landing weight and the landing to an airport operator.

Claims

1. A computer readable storage medium including a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions operable to:

receive data for an aircraft landing at an airport, the data including an aircraft type and one of an owner and an operator of the aircraft, the data excluding a unique identifier for the aircraft;

retrieve additional data related to the aircraft based on the data, the additional data including a landing weight; and

report the landing weight and the landing to an airport operator,

wherein, if the data includes the aircraft type and excludes the owner, the landing weight that is retrieved is a generic weight based only on the aircraft type, and

wherein, if the data includes the aircraft type and the owner, the landing weight that is retrieved is a weight for the aircraft type specific to the owner.

2. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the set of instructions are further operable to:

collect the data for the aircraft landing at the airport.

3. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the set of instructions are further operable to:

calculate a landing fee based on the landing weight; and

report the landing fee to the airport operator.

4. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the data is received from a passive radar system.

5. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the data is received for a plurality of landing aircraft and the retrieving and reporting is performed for each of the landing aircraft.

6. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the set of instructions are further operable to:

receive further data for a further aircraft landing at an airport, the data including a unique identifier of the further aircraft;

retrieve further additional data related to the further aircraft based on the unique identifier, the further additional data including a further landing weight; and

report the further landing weight and the landing to an airport operator.

7. A system, comprising:

a data receiving arrangement receiving landing aircraft data corresponding to an aircraft landing at an airport, the landing aircraft data excluding a unique identifier for the landing aircraft;

a database storing a plurality of landing weights corresponding to aircraft data for a plurality of aircraft, the aircraft data excluding unique aircraft identifiers; and

a data processor receiving the landing aircraft data from the data receiving arrangement, retrieving one of the plurality of landing weights corresponding to the landing aircraft data, and reporting the retrieved one of the plurality of landing weights to a user,

wherein, if the landing aircraft data includes an aircraft type and excludes an owner, the landing weight that is retrieved is a generic weight based only on the aircraft type, and

wherein, if the landing aircraft data includes an aircraft type and an owner, the landing weight that is retrieved is a weight for the aircraft type specific to the owner.

8. The system according to claim 7, further comprising:

a data collection arrangement collecting the landing aircraft data.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the data collection arrangement is a passive radar system.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the data processor further calculates a landing fee based on the landing weight and reports the landing fee to the user.

11. The system according to claim 7, wherein the landing aircraft data is received for a plurality of landing aircraft and the data processor retrieves and reports the landing weight for each of the landing aircraft.

12. The system according to claim 7, wherein the data receiving arrangement receives further data for a further aircraft landing at an airport, the data including a unique identifier of the further aircraft, the data processor retrieving further additional data related to the further aircraft based on the unique identifier, the further additional data including a further landing weight and reporting the further landing weight and the landing to an airport operator.