Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flight awareness collaboration tool (FACT)
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Application No.: US15639807Application Date: 2017-06-30
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Publication No.: US10229604B1Publication Date: 2019-03-12
- Inventor: Richard Hugh Mogford , Cody Allan Evans
- Applicant: The United States of America as Represented by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the NASA
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the NASA
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Rhys W. Cheung; Robert M. Padilla; Mark P. Dvorsack
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G08G5/00 ; G09G5/14 ; G06F3/0481 ; G06F3/0482

Abstract:
A software tool assists airline dispatchers and other professionals in management of winter weather events at airports. The flight awareness collaboration tool (FACT) may gather pertinent weather information, air traffic information, airport information, and any other suitable information onto one display screen. FACT can be used by airline dispatchers to manage the airline fleet prior to during the day of a winter weather event, and may have built-in automation tools that can predict the impact of winter weather on airport capacity. FACT may be designed to support collaboration between the airline dispatcher, the air traffic control tower, the airport authority, and de-icing operators on the ground.
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