Patent ID: 11955015
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. A flight data aggregation system for a plurality of aircraft, the flight data aggregation system comprising:
one or more portable electronic devices that each monitor flight data from a corresponding aircraft, wherein the one or more portable electronic devices analyze the flight data in real-time to determine that an insight event indicating an incident of significance is presently occurring upon the corresponding aircraft, wherein the one or more portable electronic devices each include a plurality of sensors that monitor the flight data from the corresponding aircraft, and wherein the insight event includes one of the following: landing distance, out, off, on and in (OOOI) times, takeoff distance, phase of flight, a congested taxiway, flight level change, holding, height loss during the climb phase of flight, lavatory use, de-icing or anti-icing status, runway surface conditions, GPS spoofing or jamming events, and crew punctuality and location tracking; and
one or more central computers in electronic communication with at least one of the one or more portable electronic devices, wherein each central computer includes one or more processors and a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing data into one or more databases and program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the one or more central computers to:
receive the flight data collected during an insight event from an individual portable electronic device, wherein the individual portable electronic device is caused to:
monitor the plurality of sensors for one or more parameters;
compare one or more parameters with a predetermined trend representing a change in value of the one or more parameters, wherein the predetermined trend signifies the insight event is presently occurring;
determine the one or more parameters follow the predetermined trend;
in response to determining the one or more parameters follow the predetermined trend, determine the insight event is presently occurring upon the corresponding aircraft;
in response to determining the insight event is presently occurring, transmit the flight data associated with the insight event to the one or more central computers; and

determine one or more overall flight data patterns based on the flight data collected during the insight event received from the individual portable electronic device and historical data stored in the one or more databases, wherein the historical data represents previously collected flight data associated with insight events that occurred upon the plurality of aircraft.