System and method to display operational and revenue data for an airport facility

• US 8,010,282 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2003
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.
• Original Assignee: PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.
• Inventors: Marcella, Matthew, Barry, James T., Dunsky, Ron
• Primary Examiner(s): ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE
• Application Number:
  US10/446,614
• Publication Number:
  US 20040243302A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,016 Days
• Field of Search: 701 3- 4, 701/8, 701/10, 701 14- 16, 701120-122, 701200-202, 705/1, 705 5- 11, 705/13, 705 20- 23, 705 26- 29, 340945-947, 340971-973, 340/825.22, 340/825.26, 340/825.27, 340/825.28, 340/825.29, 244/158.R, 725 37- 40, 725/44, 725 47- 52, 725 75- 77, 709200-202, 709/238
• US Class Current: 701/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/201 Price look-up processing, e.g. updating
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

A system, comprising a first computing device receiving data from an input feed, the data corresponding to one of operations data and revenue data of an airport facility, the first computing device organizing the data into files which are viewable by users of the system and an additional computing device connected via a communication network to the first computing device, receiving the files organized by the first computing device and displaying the files to a user.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a first computing device receiving data from an input feed, the data including operations data and revenue data of an airport facility, wherein the revenue data includes flight fee values and flight fee parameters, the first computing device calculating an airport usage charge for at least one aircraft based on the flight fees values and the flight fee parameters and organizing the data with the calculated airport usage change into files which are viewable by users of the system; and

an additional computing device connected via a communication network to the first computing device, receiving the files organized by the first computing device and displaying the files to a user, wherein the viewable files include data for a plurality of aircraft.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations data is flight arrival data for an aircraft, the flight arrival data including one of a flight identifier, an estimated time of arrival, an actual time of arrival, a range of the aircraft, a runway of arrival, an airport of origination of the aircraft and an aircraft type.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the flight arrival data is displayed for a time frame selected by the user of the additional computing device.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the operations data is flight departure data for an aircraft, the flight departure data including one of a flight identifier, an estimated time of departure, an actual time of departure, a range of the aircraft, a runway of departure, an airport of destination of the aircraft and an aircraft type.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the communication network is one of an Internet, an intranet, a local area network and a wide area network.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the additional computing device receives the files via a web browser resident on the additional computing device.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the input feed is one of a manual input by the user of the system and an automatic input from a data collection system.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein, when the first computing device receives additional data from the input feed, the first computing device updates the files and sends the updated files to the additional computing device.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the additional computing device redisplays the updated files to the user.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first computing device stores the data received from the input feed in a permanent memory, the first computing device organizes a subset of the stored data into displayable files based on a request from the additional computing device.

11. A system, comprising:

a computing device calculating an airport usage charge for at least one aircraft based on flight fees values and flight fee parameters;

a first module configured to request displayable files from the computing device, the request being communicated via a communications network, the displayable files including operations data and revenue data of an airport facility, the revenue data includes the calculated airport usage change for the at least one aircraft;

a second module configured to display the displayable files to a user, displayable files being one of a live view of the data and an archived view of the data, wherein the displayable files are one of live view of the data and archived view of the data and include data for a plurality of aircraft.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the operations data is flight arrival data for an aircraft, the flight arrival data including one of a flight identifier, an estimated time of arrival, an actual time of arrival, a range of the aircraft, a runway of arrival, an airport of origination of the aircraft and an aircraft type.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the second module is further configured to permit the user to search the flight arrival data for a specific aircraft.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein the second module is further configured to permit the user to query the data and redisplay the data based on the query submitted by the user.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein the displayable files include color coded information which indicates related data to the user.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein the operations data includes a runway configuration.

17. The system according to claim 11, wherein the operations data includes a gridlock alert indication.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein the live view includes data for a current day.

19. The system according to claim 11, wherein the archived view includes data for multiple days.

20. The system according to claim 11, wherein the revenue data includes an invoice amount.

21. A method, comprising the steps of:

calculating, by a computing device, an airport usage charge for at least one aircraft based on flight fees values and flight fee parameters;

requesting displayable files from the computing device, the request being communicated via a communications network, the displayable files including operations data and revenue data of an airport facility, the revenue data includes the calculated airport usage change for the at least one aircraft; and

displaying the displayable files to a user, the displayable files being one of a live view of the data and an archived view of the data, wherein the displayable files are one of live view of the data and archived view of the data and include data for a plurality of aircraft.

22. A system, comprising:

a computing device calculating an airport usage charge for at least one aircraft arrival based on flight fees values and flight fee parameters;

a first display configured to display live operational data for an airport facility, the live operational data being information from a current day and including arrival information, departure information and runway configuration information for a first plurality of aircraft;

a second display configured to display archived operational data for the airport facility, the archived operational data being information for a predetermined time period and including arrival information and departure information for a second plurality of aircraft;

a third display configured to display live revenue data for the airport facility, the live revenue data includes information from the current day, the calculated airport usage change for the at least one aircraft arrival and an invoice amount for each arrival on the current day for a third plurality of aircraft; and

a fourth display configured to display archived revenue data for the airport facility, the archived revenue data being information for the predetermined time period and including the invoice amount for each arrival in the predetermined time period for a fourth plurality of aircraft.