System and method for exchanging transportation data via wearable devices

• US 9,519,941 B1
• Filed: 01/06/2014
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: American Airlines Incorporated (American Airlines Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: American Airlines Incorporated (American Airlines Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Campos, Jonathan, Alkasimi, Hyder
• Primary Examiner(s): Koziol, Steven R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Conner, Sean
• Application Number:
  US14/148,072
• Time in Patent Office: 1,072 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/172 Classification, e.g. identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A system and method for exchanging transportation data via wearable devices such as, for example, wearable computerized glasses, a wearable computerized wrist device, or a wearable computerized earpiece.

Claims

1. A method of obtaining transportation data associated with both an object and a mobile application, the method comprising:

capturing, using a wearable device worn by an airline employee, an object identifier associated with the object;

wherein the object is an article used in connection with the good or service that is provided by the airline;

transmitting the object identifier and an application identifier from the wearable device to a computer server;

wherein the application identifier is associated with both the mobile application and the airline employee who is wearing the wearable device;

transmitting status data associated with a status of the object to the computer server;

wherein the status is at least one of;

a status associated with a readiness of an airplane operated by the airline; and

a status associated with a need for repair or maintenance of the article used in connection with the good or service that is provided by the airline;

identifying, using the computer server, the object in response to the receipt of the object identifier;

obtaining, using the computer server, the transportation data associated with the object and the mobile application;

storing the status data in the computer server;

transmitting the transportation data from the computer server to the wearable device; and

at least one of;

displaying the transportation data on the wearable device so that the airline employee is able to read the transportation data while concurrently performing work-related activities; and

audibly announcing the transportation data from the wearable device so that the airline employee is able to hear the transportation data while concurrently performing work-related activities;

wherein the airline employee is a mechanic;

wherein the status is at least the status associated with the need for repair or maintenance of the article used in connection with the good or service that is provided by the airline;

wherein the article used in connection with the good or service is a portion of the airplane and the transportation data associated with the article is maintenance data relating to the portion of the airplane; and

wherein the maintenance data comprises at least one of;

a maintenance manual associated with the portion of the airplane;

maintenance instructions associated with the portion of the airplane; and

step-by-step instructions relating to the maintenance of the portion of the airplane.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the transportation data from the wearable device to another wearable device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting data associated with the wearable device to the computer server; and

storing the data associated with the wearable device in the computer server.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the transportation data from the computer server to another wearable device; and

at least one of;

displaying the transportation data on the another wearable device, and

audibly announcing the transportation data from the another wearable device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the wearable device comprises at least one of glasses, goggles, a wristband, an earpiece, a watch, a glove, a ring, a hat, and an anklet.

6. An apparatus for obtaining transportation data associated with both an object and a mobile application, the apparatus comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium; and

a plurality of instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by one or more processors, the plurality of instructions comprising;

instructions that cause the one or more processors to capture an object identifier associated with the object;

wherein the object is an article used in connection with the good or service that is provided by the airline;

instructions that cause the one or more processors to transmit the object identifier and an application identifier from a wearable device to a computer server;

wherein the wearable device is worn by an airline employee; and

wherein the application identifier is associated with both the mobile application and the airline employee who is wearing the wearable device;

instructions that cause the one or more processors to transmit status data associated with a status of the object to the computer server;

wherein the status is at least one of;

a status associated with a readiness of an airplane operated by the airline; and

a status associated with a need for repair or maintenance of the article used in connection with the good or service that is provided by the airline;

instructions that cause the one or more processors to identify the object in response to the receipt of the object identifier;

instructions that cause the one or more processors to obtain the transportation data associated with the object and the mobile application;

instructions that cause the one or more processors to store the status data in the computer server;

instructions that cause the one or more processors to transmit the transportation data from the computer server to the wearable device;

and

at least one of;

instructions that cause the one or more processors to display the transportation data on the wearable device so that the airline employee is able to read the transportation data while concurrently performing work-related activities,

and

instructions that cause the one or more processors to audibly announce the transportation data from the wearable device so that the airline employee is able to hear the transportation data while concurrently performing work-related activities;

wherein the airline employee is a mechanic;

wherein the status is at least the status associated with the need for repair or maintenance of the article used in connection with the good or service that is provided by the airline;

wherein the article used in connection with the good or service is a portion of the airplane and the transportation data associated with the article is maintenance data relating to the portion of the airplane; and

wherein the maintenance data comprises at least one of;

a maintenance manual associated with the portion of the airplane;

maintenance instructions associated with the portion of the airplane; and

step-by-step instructions relating to the maintenance of the portion of the airplane.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the plurality of instructions further comprises instructions that cause the one or more processors to transmit the transportation data from the wearable device to another wearable device.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the plurality of instructions further comprises:

instructions that cause the one or more processors to transmit data associated with the wearable device to the computer server; and

instructions that cause the one or more processors to store the data associated with the wearable device in the computer server.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the plurality of instructions further comprises:

instructions that cause the one or more processors to transmit the transportation data from the computer server to another wearable device; and

at least one of;

instructions that cause the one or more processors to display the transportation data on the another wearable device, and

instructions that cause the one or more processors to audibly announce the transportation data from the another wearable device.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the wearable device comprises at least one of glasses, goggles, a wristband, an earpiece, a watch, a glove, a ring, a hat, and an anklet.