Automated Flight Operations System

• US 20170124780A1
• Filed: 12/09/2016
• Published: 05/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Satcom Direct, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Satcom Direct, Inc.
• Inventors: Jensen, James, Natwick, Jason, Romano, Greg, Rudloff, Brian, Greenhill, David, Donahue, Derek, Moore, Christopher
• Granted Patent: US 10,049,508 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 5/40 Maintaining or repairing aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: B64F 5/60 Testing or inspecting aircraft components or systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/025 Extracting rules from data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 5/0013 with a ground station

Abstract

Systems and methods for integrating data related to aircraft operations such as data from flight logs, flight tracker, maintenance, connectivity, router into modules, for a specific aircraft that can be communicated to and displayed on a single device display in real-time. Systems and methods for integrating data related to aircraft operations into modules, that is both aircraft-specific (engine data, take-off and landing times) and personnel specific (i.e. crew scheduling, passenger manifestos), that includes a web-based interface which incorporates multiple data fields, and can display and communicate on devices, including but not limited to desktop computers, portable devices, such as smart phones, tablets and laptops.

Claims

1. A system for integrating data related to aircraft operations of an aircraft on a single display, comprising:

a flight log module for recording the flight log data of the aircraft;

a flight scheduling module for viewing and establishing the flight schedule of the aircraft;

a flight tracker module for recording flight tracker data of the aircraft;

a maintenance module for recording maintenance data of the aircraft;

a connectivity module for recording connectivity data for the aircraft; and

a router module for recording data from different systems between devices onboard the aircraft and the ground, wherein all data from the flight log module, the flight tracker, the maintenance module, the connectivity module and the router module are displayed on a single display device in real-time.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the flight log data includes take off and landing time data of the aircraft.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the flight tracker data includes location data of the aircraft in real time.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the maintenance data includes maintenance records of the aircraft.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the connectivity data includes usage data of devices on the aircraft in real time.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a web service for connecting data to the modules.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the single display device is selected from one of at least a desktop computer, a smart phone, and a portable computer.

8. A method for integrating data related to aircraft operations of an aircraft on a single display, comprising the steps of:

providing a flight log module for recording the light log data of the aircraft;

a flight scheduling module for viewing and establishing the flight schedule of the aircraft;

providing a flight tracker module for recording flight tracker data of the aircraft;

providing a maintenance module for recording maintenance data of the aircraft;

providing a connectivity module for recording connectivity data for the aircraft and

displaying all data from the flight log module, the flight tracker, the maintenance module and the connectivity module on a single display in real-time.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the flight log data includes take off and landing time data of the aircraft.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the flight tracker data includes location data of the aircraft in real time.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the maintenance data includes maintenance records of the aircraft.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the connectivity data includes useage data of devices on the aircraft in real time.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of:

providing a web service for connecting data to the modules.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the displaying step includes the step of:

displaying data from the modules on the single display device selected from one of at least a smart phone, a tablet and a laptop computer.

15. A method of accessing flight operations of a single aircraft, comprising the steps of:

providing a single interface to access a web portal;

providing a plurality of modules for a single aircraft flight operations;

displaying the plurality of modules of an aircraft'"'"'s flight operations in real time on a single display dashboard in response to accessing the web portal; and

selecting an individual module from the plurality of modules so that the individual module is displayed on the single display dashboard.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of providing a single interface includes the step of:

accessing the web portal through a portable digital device selected from one of a desktop computer, a smart phone, a portable computer.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of providing the plurality of modules includes the step of:

providing a flight log module for recording flight log data of the aircraft;

providing a flight scheduling module for viewing and establishing the flight schedule of the aircraft;

providing a flight tracker module for recording flight tracker data of the aircraft;

providing a maintenance module for recording maintenance data of the aircraft;

providing a connectivity module for recording connectivity data for the aircraft; and

providing a router module for recording data from different systems between devices onboard the aircraft and the ground.

18. An integrated flight operations management platform system comprising:

an interface for accessing a web portal site;

a plurality of modules for a single aircraft flight operations;

a single display dashboard for displaying the plurality of modules of an aircraft'"'"'s flight operations in real time in response to accessing the web portal; and

a control for selecting an individual module from the plurality of modules so that the individual module is displayed on the single display dashboard.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the plurality of modules includes:

a flight log module for recording flight log data of the aircraft;

a flight scheduling module for viewing and establishing the flight schedule of the aircraft;

a flight tracker module for recording flight tracker data of the aircraft;

a maintenance module for recording maintenance data of the aircraft;

a connectivity module for recording connectivity data for the aircraft; and

a router module for recording data from different systems between devices onboard the aircraft and the ground, wherein all data from the flight log module, the flight tracker, the maintenance module, the connectivity module and the router module are displayed on a single display device in real-time.