Tracking system device and method
First Claim
1. An aircraft monitoring system comprising a computer system and a receiver for receiving tracking data from a tracking device associated with an aircraft during passive and active tracking modes of operation of the monitoring system, in the active tracking mode the computer system is configured to determine an anomaly in the tracking data that is indicative of an aircraft incident and to generate an alert for transmission to a third party upon determining the anomaly, and wherein the monitoring system is automatically triggered into the active tracking mode from the passive tracking mode when a signal is received from the aircraft indicating the aircraft has taken-off.
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Abstract
An aircraft monitoring system comprising a computer system and a receiver for receiving tracking data from a tracking device associated with an aircraft, the monitoring system having a passive tracking mode in which the computer system is configured to receive tracking data and an active tracking mode in which the computer system is configured to determine a condition indicative of an aircraft incident based on the absence of received tracking data. The monitoring system is automatically triggered into the active tracking mode when a signal is received from the aircraft indicating the aircraft has taken-off.
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- 1. An aircraft monitoring system comprising a computer system and a receiver for receiving tracking data from a tracking device associated with an aircraft during passive and active tracking modes of operation of the monitoring system, in the active tracking mode the computer system is configured to determine an anomaly in the tracking data that is indicative of an aircraft incident and to generate an alert for transmission to a third party upon determining the anomaly, and wherein the monitoring system is automatically triggered into the active tracking mode from the passive tracking mode when a signal is received from the aircraft indicating the aircraft has taken-off.
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12. A method for monitoring an aircraft by an aircraft monitoring system the method comprising the steps of:
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operating the monitoring system to receive tracking data from a tracking device associated with the aircraft during passive and active tracking modes of operation of the monitoring system, and automatically triggering the monitoring system into the active tracking mode from the passive tracking mode, when a signal is received by the monitoring system from the aircraft indicating the aircraft has taken off, in the active tracking mode the monitoring system being configured to determine an anomaly in the tracking data that is indicative of an aircraft incident, and generating an alert for transmission to a third party upon determining the anomaly. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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