Patents and Technologies

United States Patents

U.S. Patent #6,463,383 titled, Method and System for Aircraft Flow Management by Airlines/Aviation Authorities issued 10/8/02. This is a process of managing an aircraft arrival/departure flow by an aviation authority, airline or other entity using an optimization engine and the users business needs.
U.S. Patent #6,873,903 titled, Method and System for Tracking and Prediction of Aircraft Trajectories issued 3/29/05. The process of tracking aircraft into the future and outlines the "long trajectory" concept that more accurately predicts an aircraft's trajectory for upwards of 24 hours, which takes into account numerous factors such as weather, ATC constraints, the airlines's business needs, etc.
U.S. Patent #6,721,714 titled, Method and System for Tactical Airline Management issued 4/13/04. This is the process of real time, tactical management of an airline from a system perspective to move the right part to the right place at the right time.
U.S. Patent #6,789,011 titled, Method and System for Allocating Aircraft Arrival/Departure Slot Times issued 9/7/2004. This is an airport slot allocation process to coordinate the use of the common aviation assets, I.e., runways, airspace, etc., between multiple users of ATH Patents US Patent #6,721,714 and US Patent #6,463,383.
U.S. Patent #7,248,963 titled, Method and System for Aircraft System Flow Management issued 7/24/07. This adds a coordination process to US Patent #6,463,383 titled, "Method and System for Aircraft Flow Management by Airlines/Aviation Authorities".
U.S. Patent #7,333,887 titled, Method and System for Tactical Gate Management by Airlines/Airport/Aviation Authorities issued 2/19/08. This is the process of real time, tactical management of the arrival gates or parking spots from a system perspective based on a stable aircraft flow.
U.S. Patent Pending, Provisional Patent Application #60/620,621, filed on 10/20/04, titled "Method And System For Tactical Airline System Management" - This adds a coordination process to US Patent # 6,721,714 titled, "Method and System for Tactical Airline Management".

European Patent

European Patent #EP1428195 titled, Aircraft Flow Management Method and System issued 10/19/05. This is the process of managing an aircraft/arrival/departure flow by an aviation authority, airline or other entity using an optimization engine and the user's business needs.